Fantasy Football movie saves Dad’s NFL career with the magic of Madden

There’s a whole lot of #brand #synergy running though this trailer for Fantasy Football, Corporate friends the NFL and Nickelodeon as well as EA Sports and Paramount Plus. But we’ll try to push past that and admit that, yes, given the chance, our favorite created player in Madden NFL 23 Our Dad would be great, particularly if we could get him to do The Worm right before the snap.

Marsai Martin (ABC’s Black-ishOmari Hardwick (who IRL was both a Georgia defensive back and a training camp hopeful for the San Diego Chargers) plays Carmen Coleman. Despite the mansion, the cars, and the generational wealth, Bobby’s career looks like it’s gonna dead-end with the Atlanta Falcons’ second string, and he has no second act in mind after that.

But then, a lightning strike delivers the greatest post-launch support any version of Madden has ever seen, and now Carmen’s super stick skills on her Xbox Series X breathe new life into Dad’s moves on the field. It’s easy to imagine EA Tiburon developers connecting jumper cables directly to the compiler to test if this shit works in their next title update.

From there, you can figure out where everything goes. This is a family-friendly comedy in the tradition of sports humor like Little Giants Rookie of The YearAnd Little Big League, Carmen steps in with the knowledge that only kids have about how simple these silly sports are, and rescues her Dad’s career. Kelly Rowland (Mom Keisha Coleman) co-stars in a cameo-dotted cast that includes CBS broadcasters Jim Nantz and Tony Romo, and Kansas City Chiefs hall-of-famer Tony Gonzalez as Falcons’ coach Lance Evans.

Fantasy Football This video is brought to you by a production crew that also includes LeBron (Space Jam: A New LegacyMaverick Carter was his friend and longtime collaborator. He founded SpringHill Entertainment in partnership with the NBA’s great two-years ago. Although Fantasy Football Paramount Plus will air the premiere on Nov. 25, and Nickelodeon’s branding suggests that there could be some cross-promotion between league broadcasts. Indeed, Nickelodeon plans to air a kid-friendly broadcast alongside this season’s Christmas Day meeting of Denver and the Los Angeles Rams.