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French actor Oscar Lesage, Iranian actress Katayoon Latif, Franco-Malian actress Eye Haidara and Actor Augustin Dewinter jump during a photocall for the "Adami" Jeunes Talent at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 20, 2025. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP)
The bitter brotherly feud that sparked the creation of sports-shoe brands Adidas and Puma in the same small German town in the 1940s is to be turned into a television series with the help of family archives, its producers announced Sunday.
Hollywood-based film producer No Fat Ego is backing the project, which has the blessing of the family behind the Adidas empire founded by Adolf "Adi" Dassler.
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