Ben Affleck is about to direct and star within the upcoming Netflix thriller Animals, in response to a current report from Deadline.
What will we find out about Animals?
In accordance with the report, the thriller may also star Gillian Anderson, who’s on board to provide the challenge alongside Affleck’s Artists Fairness banner. The movie’s plot particulars are principally underneath wraps for now, however Deadline notes that the film will revolve round a kidnapping of some kind.
Different producers on the challenge embrace Matt Damon, Dani Bernfield, Gerry Cardinale, Brad Weston, and Collin Creighton. Artists Fairness’s Michael Joe, Kevin Halloran, and Lucy Damon are connected to the movie as government producers.
For Affleck, this would be the subsequent film he directs following 2023’s biographical sports activities drama Air, which he starred in alongside Matt Damon. Deadline notes that Affleck was initially planning on directing the movie together with his longtime buddy and associate Matt Damon in line to star.
Nonetheless, Deadline notes {that a} holdup with the rights to issues held up manufacturing, and with Damon now off to star in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, Affleck will direct the challenge anyway.
Outdoors of his directorial efforts, Affleck may also star in The Accountant 2 this 12 months, in addition to RIP, an upcoming challenge that may see he and Damon reunite as soon as once more. As for Anderson, she’ll subsequent star within the upcoming Tron: Ares, the standalone sequel to Tron: Legacy.
(Supply: Deadline)
