Ben Affleck is set to helm and star in the upcoming Netflix thriller 'Animals', with actors Henry Cavill and Sandra Oh joining the cast. The film centers around a mayoral candidate and his wife whose son is kidnapped, forcing them to take drastic measures to save him.
Ben Affleck is directing and starring in the upcoming Netflix thriller Animals, according to a recent report. Joining Affleck in the cast are actors Henry Cavill and Sandra Oh . Cavill will play Affleck's character's rival, while Oh will portray a political strategist. The crime thriller concerns a mayoral candidate and his wife whose son is kidnapped.
Surrounded by plenty of enemies, political and otherwise, the husband and wife have no choice but to get their hands dirty in order to save their son. Animals is looking to begin production in Los Angeles this coming April. The script was written by Connor McIntyre, with revisions by Billy Ray. Affleck produces the movie alongside Matt Damon, Dani Bernfeld, Brad Weston, and Collin Creighton. Michael Joe, Kevin Halloran, and Lucy Damon serve as executive producers, with production company Fifth Season also produces and executive produces. Yeun will soon be seen in Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17, which opens in the United States in March. He also recently starred in Love Me, which is now playing in theaters, and once again voices Mark Grayson in the new season of Amazon Prime Video’s Invincible.Washington, meanwhile, played Charity Adams in Tyler Perry’s The Six Triple Eight, which is now streaming on Netflix. She’ll soon be seen in the third film in the Knives Out franchise, Wake Up Dead Man, which will be released at some point in 2025. Animals will be the sixth feature film directed by Affleck. He previously made 2007’s Gone Baby Gone, 2010’s The Town, 2012’s Argo, 2016’s Live By Night, and 2023’s Air. He also starred in all of those movies apart from Gone Baby Gone
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