Netflix has premiered the first trailer for the Ben Affleck-directed crime thriller “Animals”.
When the son of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Mark Kimball is kidnapped, he and his wife have a few hours to come up with the ransom payment.
With most of their money spent on his political campaign, they have to get their hands dirty and expose a side of their lives they never intended to see the light of day.
Ben Affleck and Kerry Washington play Mark and his wife Abigail, respectively. Also starring are Gillian Anderson as the candidate’s ‘fixer’, Steven Yeun as his campaign manager,
Connor McIntyre penned the script, with subsequent revisions by Affleck and Billy Ray (“Shattered Glass”). Affleck, Matt Damon, Dani Bernfeld, Brad Weston and Collin Creighton produce.
“Animals” will debut in select cinemas and on Netflix on October 9th.
