Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are teaming up but once more — this time for an exhilarating Netflix crime drama helmed by author and director Joe Carnahan (The A-Crew). In The Rip, the longtime buddies will play Miami cops, Lt. Dane Dumars (Damon) and Det Sgt. JD Byrne (Affleck), whose lives take a dramatic flip when their workforce discovers a stash of tens of millions of {dollars} in a drug den.
“As outdoors forces be taught in regards to the measurement of the seizure, every thing known as into query — together with who they will depend on,” the official synopsis reads.
Different key solid members embody Steven Yeun (The Strolling Useless), Kyle Chandler (Friday Night time Lights), Teyana Taylor (Coming 2 America), Sasha Calle (The Flash), Scott Adkins (John Wick: Chapter 4), and Catalina Sandino Moreno (Barbarians).
“The Rip got here out of a deeply private expertise that my pal went via, each as a father and as head of tactical narcotics for the Miami Dade police division. It is impressed partially by his life after which, by my enduring love for these traditional ‘70’s cop thrillers that actually valued the character and interpersonal relationships and have become touchstones of that period.” – Joe Carnahan
Though we’re nonetheless 4 months away from the discharge of The Rip, Netflix has launched some new stills, which you’ll be able to take a look at beneath.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Have Their Partnership Right down to a High-quality Artwork
Rising up in the identical neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Damon and Affleck turned associates in kindergarten and their friendship continued into their skilled lives as they each pursued careers within the leisure trade. They’ve now labored collectively in movie for greater than 30 years, whether or not it was getting a gig as uncredited extras in Area of Goals in 1989, co-writing Good Will Searching, or starring side-by-side in films like Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Again and Air. In 2022, they even shaped their very own manufacturing firm, Artists Fairness.
“I used to be like, what are we doing, man? Each of us, that is what we like to do greater than something,” Damon instructed Deadline in November 2024, whereas discussing their choice to begin the corporate. “The one factor higher is doing it collectively, in any capability, whether or not he’s directing or whether or not we’re performing collectively or whether or not we’re producing collectively, or whether or not we’re simply facilitating for different filmmakers.”
Their exhausting work has paid off. As many years handed, they’ve honed their shared expertise and gotten their partnership right down to a science. In an interview with Tudum, Carnahan revealed that he’d “by no means had as simple an expertise on a film” as he did when taking pictures The Rip with Damon and Affleck.
“Working with Matt and Ben and having two, distinctly proficient filmmakers, as each artistic allies and the studio heads, wound up being the very best of each worlds… They took exceptionally excellent care of me and backed my selections each step of the way in which.” – Joe Carnahan
The Rip will likely be launched on Netflix on Jan. 16, 2026.