‘Madden’ Gets Fall Streaming Date; No Mention Of Theatrical Release

Christian Bale and Nicolas Cage successful "Madden."

Amazon MGM Studios

Nicolas Cage and Christian Bale’s John Madden biopic Madden is coming to Prime Video successful November, but whether the movie will get a theatrical merchandise is simply a mobility that has yet to beryllium answered.

Madden, of course, is the legendary Super Bowl-winning Oakland Raiders coach-turned-NFL broadcaster. Directed by David O. Russell, Madden stars Cage successful the title domiciled while Bale plays Raiders proprietor Al Davis.

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Cage announced successful a YouTube video connected Thursday that Madden, which is an Amazon MGM Studios production, will beryllium released connected Prime Video connected Wednesday, Nov. 18. Per the streaming service, Madden tracks the coach’s Super Bowl-winning business pinch Davis, his profession arsenic a TV expert and the emergence of the iconic Madden NFL video game.

“Accepting the domiciled to play this larger-than-life fable has been a item for me,” Cage said successful the Madden announcement video (embedded below). “John Madden didn’t conscionable coach football. He changed the game.”

The announcement video besides includes clips from the film, highlighting Madden’s shot and broadcasting career, including an speech betwixt the coach and Davis.

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“His humanity was coming successful everything he did, including his unwavering emotion of family and his lifelong business pinch champion friend Al Davis,” Cage said successful the video. “John’s passion, joyousness and the effect he had done his zest for life and humanity were immense.”

Madden besides stars John Mulaney arsenic EA Sports laminitis Trip Hawkins, Kathryn Hahn arsenic Madden’s wife, Virginia, Sienna Miller arsenic Davis’ wife, Carol, and Shane Gillis successful an unspecified role.

‘Madden’ Could Still Qualify For An Oscar Run

While the debut of Madden has been group for a Prime Video debut, Amazon MGM Studios made nary mention successful its announcement of whether the movie will beryllium released successful theaters.

Given the high-profile talent progressive successful Madden, it would beryllium different for Amazon MGM to not make an awards play run, which of people concludes pinch the Oscars. Both Nicolas Cage and Christian Bale are Oscar winners (for Leaving Las Vegas and The Fighter, respectively), and David O. Russell has been nominated for 3 Best Directing Oscars (for Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle and The Fighter) and 2 screenplay Oscars.

On apical of that, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle and The Fighter were each nominated for aggregate Oscars, including Best Picture.

As such, while a accepted theatrical tally is apparently not successful play — astatine slightest not yet — for Madden, the movie successful each likelihood will person an awards play qualifying tally earlier it originates streaming connected Prime Video.

Per the rules of the Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, immoderate movie vying for the 99th Annual Oscars must play for 7 consecutive days successful “one of six qualifying U.S. metro areas: Los Angeles County; City of New York [five boroughs]; the Bay Area [counties of San Francisco, Marin, Alameda, San Mateo and Contra Costa]; Chicago [Cook County, Illinois]; Dallas-Fort Worth [Dallas County and Tarrant County, Texas]; and Atlanta [Fulton County, Georgia].”

Of course, vying for awards play nickname isn’t thing caller for streaming platforms, arsenic the likes of Apple TV, Netflix and Prime Video person had films nominated successful the past. While astir of the streamers’ submissions opt for the minimum qualifying run, occasionally platforms for illustration Netflix will connection larger runs for movie fans who for illustration the big-screen experience.

The astir caller illustration of that came successful 2025 erstwhile Netflix released writer-director Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein in theaters nationwide for 3 weeks earlier it began streaming connected the platform. Frankenstein went connected to gain 9 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, and won four successful the trade categories.

Madden will statesman streaming connected Prime Video connected Nov. 18.