The Accountant 2: Release date, plot speculations, cast, and more about Ben Affleck's upcoming action thriller sequel

Gavin O'Connor will be shortly back with his action thriller sequel The Accountant 2 starring Ben Affleck, J.K. Simmons, and Jon Bernthal. According to reports, Amazon MGM Studios will theatrically release the movie in the United States on April 25, 2025.

The 148-minute-long thriller piece will pick up the story from where it was left in The Accountant (2016) with two nodal characters. One of them is Christian Wolff (an autistic accountant played by Affleck) and the other one, is his brother Braxton (Jon Bernthal).

The Accountant 2 has been produced by lead star Ben Affleck alongside Matt Damon for Artists Equity and Lynette Howell Taylor and Mark Williams. The official synopsis of the movie reads:

"Christian Wolff (Ben Afflecks) is hired to help solve puzzles of the murder of the director of the Treasury Department's FinCEN Ray King (JK Simmons) so he has to team up with his brother Brax (Jon Bernthal) to track down the killer."

Disclaimer: This article may contain spoilers from the movie The Accountant 2. Reader discretion is advised.

When will The Accountant 2 be released?

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The Accountant 2 is set for a theatrical release in the United States on April 25, 2025, through Amazon MGM Studios. The distribution rights were acquired by MGM from Warner Bros. Pictures in February 2024.

A month later it was confirmed that J.K. Simmons will reprise his role alongside Cynthia Addai-Robinson. Principal photography for The Accountant 2 took place in California from March-August, 2024. So far, no online streaming dates have been confirmed yet.

What do we know about the plot of The Accountant 2?

The story of The Accountant 2 will follow up on the first part's ending where we learn that Christian's brother Braxton was a hired assassin of the antagonist from the beginning. Viewers also learned that Braxton and Christian are long-lost brothers.

So, the sequel will supposedly build up around the bond of the siblings and how Braxton goes against his henchman to save Christian's life. Thus, we can expect quite some emotional bickering and action-packed drama this time. Returning star Cynthia Addai-Robinson has reportedly mentioned in a statement to The Direct:

"I was super excited when I read the script and saw what the story was going to be, that I was going to get to work alongside those guys. And like I said, just revisit a story that there is so much good will for that movie. I get stopped all the time. It's still playing on airplanes or on Netflix or on cable. It's had this longevity, and I think that this sort of the new puzzle, so to speak, the mystery that we have for the sequel, is really going to blow people away."

Who is in the cast of The Accountant 2?

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As per reports, Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal will reprise their roles in The Accountant 2. Ben Affleck will play the titular autistic accountant while Jon will be cast as his brother cum assassin, Braxton.

The other returning casts include J.K. Simmons as Ray King (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Director) and Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Marybeth Medina, a young Treasury agent.

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