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Jennifer Garner in Talks to Star in Ben Affleck’s Crime Thriller ‘Animals’

Matt Damon is already on board to star in the Netflix project.

The actress, who was married to the Oscar-winning filmmaker for 13 years, is in negotiations to star opposite Matt Damon in Animals, a crime thriller set up at Netflix. Written by Connor McIntyre with revisions by Billy Ray, the crime thriller concerns a mayoral candidate and his wife whose son is kidnapped. Garner, who has shown her versatility via movies and series that span comedies to rom-coms to thriller, is a Netflix favorite, having starred or co-starred in the streamer’s hits Family Switch, The Adam Project and Yes Day.

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