{"id":591104,"date":"2026-08-12T16:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/591104\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T16:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:34:13","slug":"ben-afflecks-heart-racing-netflix-thriller-with-gillian-anderson-confirms-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/591104\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck’s “heart-racing” Netflix thriller with Gillian Anderson confirms release date"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben Affleck’s new “heart-racing”<\/a> thriller Animals has confirmed a release date alongside a new teaser and stills. Also starring Gillian Anderson, the upcoming movie focuses on the kidnapping of a Los Angeles mayoral candidate’s son.<\/p>\n

There, he and his wife (played by Kerry Washington) “find themselves drawn into a web of deception”, and “as they scramble to raise the ransom payment, they’re forced to make choices that could tear their world apart”.<\/p>\n

Netflix has now announced that Animals will drop on the streamer on 9 October, while a trailer has also been released.<\/p>\n

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In the dialogue-free clip, we see a montage of Affleck and Washington’s characters’ Mark Kimball and Abigail’s lives, which descend into deep distress when their son disappears. Ther’s also the arrival of Anderson’s character, who is suited-up.<\/p>\n

The star-studded cast also includes Beef’s Steven Yeun, Spectre’s Adriana Paz, Murder Mystery’s Luis Gerardo M\u00e9ndez, Justice League’s Ray Fisher, Puncture’s Mark Kassen and Law & Order: SVU’s Christopher Woodley.<\/p>\n

Affleck is also on board as director, as well as co-writer alongside Connor O McIntyre and Billy Ray.<\/p>\n

The director’s long-term collaborative partner Matt Damon was originally slated to star, though dropped out of the project<\/a> in February 2025. That was reportedly due scheduling conflicts with the recently-released blockbuster The Odyssey. However, he’s still on board as a producer.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this year, the pair landed a huge deal with Netflix<\/a> for their company Artists Equity after the success of thriller The Rip.<\/p>\n

The first-look deal is reported as a “multi-year production and distribution pact”, and “under the terms of the partnership, Artists Equity will handle creative and production for its movies” (via Variety<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Animals will be released on Netflix on 9 October.<\/p>\n

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Sam is a freelance reporter and sub-editor who has a particular interest in movies<\/a>, TV<\/a> and music. After completing a journalism Masters at City University, London, Sam joined Digital Spy as a reporter, and has also freelanced for publications such as NME<\/a> and Screen International<\/a>. \u00a0Sam, who also has a degree in Film, can wax lyrical about everything from Lord of the Rings<\/a> to Love Is Blind<\/a>, and is equally in his element crossing every ‘t’ and dotting every ‘i’ as a sub-editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck’s new “heart-racing” thriller Animals has confirmed a release date alongside a new teaser and stills. Also…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[131124,133535,215598,1105,249882,1107,93,61,60,184510,1135,270,249881,223989],"class_list":["post-591104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-collection-netflix","tag-collection-netflix-movies","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-405e1e6f-9e5a-4b44-b2f8-bda8c5fca22f","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-movies","tag-shorttitle-ben-affleck-and-gillian-anderson-thriller-gets-release-date","tag-sponsored-false"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}