Ben Affleck
is ready to embark on his subsequent directorial mission quickly, doing double responsibility by starring within the movie as nicely. An unique new report from Deadline reveals that his long-in-development Netflix thriller Animals is ready to start manufacturing quickly, with Los Angeles set to function the situation for filming as quickly as the remainder of the solid for the film is rounded out. Affleck initially supposed for his long-time collaborator Matt Damon to star within the mission, however the fixed shifting of dates now not makes the actor a viable possibility. As a substitute, Affleck has discovered his Matt Damon substitute… in himself.
Except for Affleck’s starring position in Animals alongside his directing duties, Deadline has additionally reported that Gillian Anderson has joined the mission as nicely. Nonetheless, the capability of her position is but unknown. Animals might be based mostly on a script written by Connor McIntyre and Billy Ray, with the latter having writing credit reminiscent of Captain Phillips, The Starvation Video games, and Terminator: Darkish Destiny. Plot particulars are at the moment being stored below wraps.
Affleck is seemingly intent on taking part in the lead position within the film to assist pre-production transfer alongside quicker. Previous to quite a few delays attributable to rights points, Affleck was content material with solely being within the position of director. The previous Batman actor is not any stranger to taking part in totally different roles in a manufacturing, as he has directed and starred in movies reminiscent of The City, Argo, Stay By Evening, and most lately, Air. Of the 4 talked about, solely Stay By Evening suffered poor important reception, proving Affleck a greater than succesful director.
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The manufacturing firm and artistic studio Artists Fairness might be answerable for the manufacturing of Animals, and this is not the one movie at the moment being labored on that can even be distributed by Netflix. Whereas Animals has no launch date, the Netflix Authentic movie RIP (additionally produced by Artists Fairness) will drop on the streaming platform in Fall 2025. The film, which Joe Carnahan directed, reunites Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as two cops a part of a workforce that stumbles upon an enormous seizure of drug cash, resulting in interior battle and belief points with their fellow officers.
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Matt Damon’s absence from Animals can probably be attributed to his position in Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey, which is able to start filming quickly and is due for launch in 2026. With Animals set to begin filming within the Spring and greater than probably eyeing a 2026 launch date as nicely, it is unsurprising that Damon needed to drop out.
The silver lining to Damon’s departure from Animals is seeing Affleck in a starring position in a mission that he is directing. Affleck is an extremely proficient filmmaker, and when including the truth that Gillian Anderson is ready to play a job within the movie as nicely, it is laborious to think about the upcoming Netflix thriller being something lower than a top quality movie. Apart from Animals and RIP, Affleck has The Accountant 2 due for launch later this 12 months.