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Jennifer Garner in Talks to Star in Ben Affleck's Netflix Thriller 'Animals'

The potential casting marks a professional reunion nearly two decades after their last collaboration.

  • Jennifer Garner is in negotiations to star alongside Matt Damon in Ben Affleck's upcoming Netflix crime thriller, 'Animals'.
  • The film, directed and produced by Affleck, focuses on a mayoral candidate and his wife who must save their kidnapped son.
  • This would be the first time Garner has been directed by Affleck, with whom she shares a history of co-starring in films before their marriage and subsequent divorce.
  • Affleck and Damon, long-time collaborators and friends, are producing the film under their Artists Equity banner.
  • Garner's involvement in 'Animals' comes amid her continued success on Netflix, having starred in several of the platform's hits.
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