Overview
- Netflix released the first teaser Wednesday, which opens on a vibrating phone and sets a tight, ransom-focused tone for the film.
- Ben Affleck directs, co-wrote the screenplay and stars as a Los Angeles mayoral candidate whose son is kidnapped.
- Kerry Washington leads the cast opposite Affleck and the ensemble also includes Gillian Anderson, Steven Yeun, Luis Gerardo Méndez and Ray Fisher.
- The film was produced under Affleck and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity with MakeReady and Fifth Season, was shot in and around Los Angeles, and credits Damon as a producer after he left the starring role for other commitments.
- Animals will play in select theaters and stream globally on Netflix on October 9, 2026, and a single outlet’s report of a roughly 1 hour 45 minute runtime remains unconfirmed.