Overview
- Netflix released the official trailer on Tuesday, confirming a limited theatrical window followed by a Netflix debut on October 9.
- Affleck directs, co-wrote the screenplay, produces and stars as Mark Kimball, a Los Angeles mayoral candidate whose son is kidnapped.
- Affleck halted the film two weeks before shooting when he learned Spike Lee and Denzel Washington were making a similar kidnapping picture and then revived the project months later.
- The project was originally set to star Matt Damon and Jennifer Garner, but Damon became a producer through Artists Equity and Kerry Washington replaced Garner when Damon’s schedule made him unavailable.
- The film reunites Affleck with a strong ensemble that includes Kerry Washington, Steven Yeun and Gillian Anderson and continues his interest in stories about public men whose private lives collapse, while the hybrid release aims to reach both theatergoers and Netflix viewers.