Steven Yeun and Kerry Washington have joined the cast of Animals.
Animals is a new Netflix thriller movie directed by Ben Affleck. Affleck will also star in the movie alongside Gillian Anderson.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Yeun and Washington have also now joined the cast. Washington will play Affleck’s character’s wife, while Yeun will play a campaign manager.
“The crime thriller concerns a mayoral candidate and his wife whose son is kidnapped,” a description of the film reads. “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.”
What else do we know about Ben Affleck’s Animals movie?
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.
A release date for Animals has not yet been announced by Netflix.
