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Ben Affleck is confirmed to be directing and starring in the upcoming Netflix thriller film Animals.
The BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Academy Award-winning multifaceted artist Ben Affleck is well known for his work in films including Good Will Hunting (1997), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), Gone Baby Gone (2007), Argo (2012), Gone Girl (2014) to name a few, is set to make his next directorial venture named Animals, where he is also going to star in its lead, along with the screenplay written by Connor O. McIntyre and Billy Ray.
Animals follow the plot of an aspiring mayor and his wife who are out to save their son who got abducted and are compelled to step into the rigged, corrupt political system.
The synopsis of Animals, as per IMDb reads:
"Desperate to pay their son's ransom, a mayoral candidate and his wife resort to extreme measures, revealing dark secrets they never intended to bring to light."
Animals: Ben Affleck to direct and star in upcoming Netflix thriller film
As per reports in The Hollywood Reporter, Ben Affleck is joining hands with the Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor Gillian Anderson, who is known for her roles in films and series including The X-Files (1993-2002, 2016-2018), The Mighty Celt (2005), S*x Education (2019-2023), The Crown (2020), and many more, in the cast of Animals.
Matt Damon, who was previously about to join in the cast of Animals with Ben Affleck, shall now only join Ben Affleck in co-producing the film with Dani Bernfled, in Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's joint production banner 'Artists Equity', along with executive producers Kevin Halloran, Lucy Damon and Michael Joe. Along with Artists Equity, the other production companies that are on board include MakeReady Banner and Fifth Season.
According to The Deadline, the reason for not being able to finalize Matt Damon in starring in the film is due to difficulties in acquiring the rights, which resulted in the postponement of its production dates. As per reports in Variety, as Matt Damon is also a part of the upcoming Christopher Nolan movie The Odyssey, the filming schedules of both productions were colliding.
The duo have made successful artistic collaborations before as well, when they received an Academy Award for jointly writing the screenplay of Good Will Hunting (1997). If not this time in Animals, but they shall be seen together on screen very soon in the upcoming film of Joe Carnahan's RIP.
The filming of Animals is anticipated to commence in the month of April, in Los Angeles, as per reports at The Hollywood Reporter.
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