Deadline has reported that David O. Russell — the five-time Oscar-nominated writer/director of movies as diverse as “Silver Linings Playbook,” “Three Kings,” and “I Heart Huckabees” — is set to helm a John Madden Biopic as a Prime Video Sports Original for Amazon and MGM. We would be remiss, however, to talk about any David O. Russell project without additionally bringing up the filmmaker’s long history of workplace abuse, in addition to the allegations that he sexually assaulted his transgender niece.

Although the streaming platform has declined to comment at this stage, what we do know is that the project has been in the works for a while, based on a Black List screenplay from Cambron Clark, whose previous credits include co-writing “Dinosaurs of the Jurassic World.” Russell was reportedly in the process of re-jigging the script when the recent writer’s strike took place. Also throwing his weight behind the Biopic is Steve Tisch, co-owner of the New York Giants, which indicates that the NFL community will get behind a high-profile film about one of the sport’s most beloved figures.