Nicolas Cage to Play John Madden in Movie About Legendary NFL HC, Broadcaster

John Madden's story is set to be told on the big screen.

According to Mike Fleming Jr. of Deadline, the late NFL icon is set to be the subject of the Amazon MGM movie Madden which will show the "unlikely path" that saw the famed coach venture into broadcasting and video games. Actor Nicolas Cage will portray Madden in the film.

"Nicolas Cage, one of our greatest and most original actors, will portray the best of the American spirit of originality, fun, and determination in which anything is possible as beloved national legend John Madden," director David O Russell, per Fleming Jr. "Together with the ferocious style, focus, and inspired individualism of Al Davis, owner of the underdog Oakland Raiders, the feature will be about the joy, humanity and genius that was John Madden in a wildly inventive, cool world of the 1970s."

Madden was the coach of the Raiders from 1969-1978 and won Super Bowl XI with the franchise. He compiled an overall record of 103-32-7 as the team's head coach.

His name is immortalized in the annual Madden video game franchise and his work as a broadcaster from 1979-2009 saw him win 16 Sports Emmy Awards. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006.