The latters presence as EP was particularly important to Maddens family as they pledged their lives to the project.
The filmmakers will find a broadcast partner once theyve got finished scripted episodes and then theyll find their Madden.
As a broadcaster, he changed the game forever.
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influenced how every football game is called, even today.
His pairing with former gridiron great Pat Summerall is arguably the greatest booth pairing ever.
I loved Johns passion for the game, especially his insatiable appetite for educating audiences about football.
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That led him to the top of the coaching profession.
At 32, Al Davis offered him the job coaching the Raiders.
He coached there 10 years, won seven AFC or AFL title games and won a Super Bowl.
Facing the second setback of his career, Maddens outsized personality saved him.
He taught for a semester at Berkeley, football studies.
Everything came from a place of him wanting to teach football.
The second act of his life came in broadcasting.
He and Pat Summerall would go on to become the soundtrack of the NFL.
The Turducken, the Telestrator, delivering information in a folksy manner and people responded, OConnor said.
His innovations were endless.
And the Madden Cruiser.
John found the thing he loved, but it came at great cost to his family.
We met with Johns family, and we were clear we wanted to pull back the curtain.
They shared a lot of their stories with us.
Then we take it out and find a partner.
His son Joe played at Brown, and Mike played at Harvard.
He didnt know a thing about video game.
Alex Young, President of Hidden Pictures, David Glickman, Kendrick Tan, and Sean Sansiveri will co-produce.
Henry Cheatham will oversee the project for Religion of Sports.
Tom Brady is represented by WME and Latham & Watkins.
Hidden Pictures is WME and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
