Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Team Up Again for Netflix Crime Thriller 'Animals' | THR News Video
Matt and Ben are teaming up once again! The longtime friends and collaborators have picked their next project, a new crime thriller that just landed at Netflix called 'Animals.' Damon will star in the project and will be directed by Affleck. It could be shooting in Los Angeles by March. The secretive project was operating under several titles — 'The Animals of Los Angeles' and 'Be Gentlemen' — before landing on simply 'Animals.'
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00:00 Matt and Ben are teaming up once again.
00:03 The longtime friends and collaborators have picked their next project,
00:07 a new crime thriller that just landed at Netflix called Animals.
00:11 Damon will star in the project and will be directed by Affleck.
00:14 It could be shooting in Los Angeles by March.
00:17 The secretive project was operating under several titles,
00:20 The Animals of Los Angeles and Be Gentlemen,
00:23 before landing on Simply Animals.
00:25 The crime thriller follows a mayoral candidate and his wife
00:28 whose son is kidnapped. Surrounded by plenty of enemies,
00:31 political and otherwise, the husband and wife have no choice
00:34 but to get their hands dirty in order to save their son.
00:37 Affleck and Damon will produce via their company, Artist Equity.
00:41 Their first movie out of the gate for Artist Equity was last year's
00:44 acclaimed drama, Air.
00:46 For a rookie who's never set foot on an NBA court.
00:49 That's the literal definition of rookie, yeah.
00:51 For more on this project, head to THR.com.
00:55 And for the latest entertainment news and updates,
00:58 keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.
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