Netflix Lands Artists Equity’s Crime Thriller ‘RIP’ Starring Matt Damon And Ben Affleck With Joe Carnahan Directing
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Netflix looks to have landed a big fish before everyone bolts for the Fourth of July holiday. Deadline is hearing that the streamer has landed rights to the crime thriller RIP starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, with Joe Carnahan directing.
Deadline first reported the news that the package had hit the market a couple weeks back, and sources indicated it was only a matter of time before someone scooped it up.
Carnahan also penned the script, with Damon and Affleck’s Artists Equity producing. Plot details are being kept under wraps other than RIP being described as a crime thriller.
After launching Artists Equity in November 2022, Damon and Affleck released the company’s first film, Air, in spring 2023 to strong reviews and a solid box office performance.
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