For the better part of the past 30 years, Ben Affleck has been one of the busiest names in Hollywood. Between acting, directing, writing, producing, and appearing in one Dunkin’ ad after another, the man behind Good Will Hunting and Best Picture winner Argo has always had a lot on his plate. And, it doesn’t look like he’s going to slow down anytime soon.
If you want to know about all the upcoming Ben Affleck movies and what one of the great actors-turned-directors has in store for the 2025 movie schedule and beyond, stick around as we break it all down.
The Accountant 2 (Starring) - April 25, 2025
Nearly a decade after The Accountant came onto the scene and introduced one of Ben Affleck’s best characters – Christian Wolf – the legendary actor is teaming up with director Gavin O’Connor once again for the highly anticipated sequel. The Accountant 2, which also sees the return of actors like Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, and J.K. Simmons, follows Wolf as he is tasked with solving a murder tied to a massive conspiracy.
The 2025 action movie premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in March, after which critics had great things to say about it, including the “brother buddy comedy” feel brought on by Affleck and Bernthal’s characters and their dynamic. We will get to see what they mean when The Accountant 2 opens in theaters on April 25, 2025.
Rip (Starring) - Fall 2025 (Filming)
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon came up together, won an Oscar together, and have produced some great films together. At some point in fall 2025, they’ll share the screen together once again when they lead Joe Carnahan’s Rip, an action-oriented thriller centering on a group of Miami cops who uncover a massive amount of cash in an old stash house.
A lot of the details about this upcoming Netflix movie are being kept close to the vest at this point, but Carnahan, who previously directed Affleck in Smokin’ Aces, has one killer track record with movies like The Grey, Copshop, and Narc. The film will also see performances from Teyana Taylor and Sasha Calle.
Kiss Of The Spider Woman (Producing) - TBD (Completed)
Though he isn’t set to appear in or even direct Kiss of the Spider Woman, Ben Affleck is producing the upcoming book-to-screen adaptation of Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel and John Kander’s musical of the same name. The musical will follow Luis Molina (Tonatiuh), an imprisoned hairdresser who begins to imagine films starring Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez) to pass his solitary life. But, when he gets a cellmate, Molina’s life is forever changed.
Directed by Bill Condon, Kiss of the Spider Woman premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2025. However, there is no word on when the musical will be released. We should know more about the film’s release – either in theaters or on one of the best streaming services – in the coming weeks and months.
Animals (Directing) - TBD (Announced)
In January 2024, Tudum announced that Ben Affleck would be starring in and directing Animals, an upcoming crime thriller that was originally supposed to feature his longtime friend and creative partner, Matt Damon. Outside of the movie being about a kidnapping, not a lot has been disclosed about the plot at the time of the film’s reveal. Also set to appear are Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington, Steven Yeun, and Ray Fisher.
After many months of radio silence, Variety reported in March 2025 that production on Animals was underway in Los Angeles, but no additional details have been shared at this time. We should know more about this mysterious project in the very near future.
Previously Announced Ben Affleck Projects
In addition to all of those upcoming Affleck movies, the actor/director/writer/producer has been attached to a number of different projects over the course of the past half-decade or so. Though it seems like some, if not all, of these movies are dead in the water (some haven’t had major updates since 2019), we thought it would still be useful to at least acknowledge them below. Who knows, maybe something will change.
I Am Still Alive (Starring, Producing) - TBD (Announced In 2018)
Affleck is looking to enter the genre of survival thrillers with the film adaptation of Kate Alice Marshall's novel I Am Still Alive. Back in 2018, Deadline reported that he was attached to star and produce a film adaptation of the book, where he would play the off-the-grid father tasked with taking care of his teenage daughter in the Canadian wilderness after a car crash kills her mother and leaves her injured.
Described as a mixture of Wild and The Revenant, I Am Still Alive looks to focus on the undying spirit of a rebellious teenager and her closed-off father as they brave the elements in the far north. But, with there being no updates on the project since that December 2018 announcement (basically six years at the time of this writing), it’s not entirely clear what’s happening.
Ghost Army (Starring, Directing, Writing) - TBD (Announced In 2019)
One of those projects is Ghost Army, which is based on the World War II story about a United States Army unit that used inflatable tanks and other mocked-up military equipment to deceive Nazi forces. The film, which was announced by Variety in 2019, is based in part on the 2013 documentary of the same name, and the book The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery.
It has been six years since the project was first announced, and there still isn't any information on when we can expect to see the film, but Affleck is slated to star, write, and direct the project.
Falling To Earth (Starring) - TBD (Announced In 2019)
Another project with Ben Affleck's name attached to it for some time is the historical tornado film Falling To Earth. Based on Kate Southwood's 2013 novel of the same name, it’s set in a small Illinois town in 1925, which was ravaged by the worst tornado on record. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Affleck is attached to star as one of the survivors of a family left relatively untouched by the storm who tries to rebuild the devastated community in the months following the disaster.
The project was first announced in October 2019, but there’s been nothing said about it for quite some time.
King Leopold's Ghost (Writing, Directing) - TBD (Announced In 2019)
In November 2019, Deadline reported that Affleck was working on the historical war drama King Leopold's Ghost, an adaptation of King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Green, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild. At the time, the film was said to follow the crusade by Belgium's King Leopold II through the Congo in the late 19th century.
For those not familiar with King Leopold II or his campaign through the African jungle, the ruthless king and military leader was reportedly responsible for the deaths of approximately 8 million people in the region. This is another one of Aflleck’s projects that was announced long ago but hasn’t been discussed since the initial reveal. That could change at some point, and if it does, you can expect to read more about it here.
Untitled McDonald's Monopoly Movie (Producing) - TBD (Announced In 2020)
It has been four years since everyone was talking about the HBO docuseries McMillions, which chronicled the hard-to-believe story of the McDonald's Monopoly Scam. Even though the buzz has died down in the years since the true crime docuseries’ 2020 premiere, Affleck and Damon have been attached to a film adaptation of the scandal.
In a February 2020 interview with Collider, Affleck revealed that although he was busy with other projects at the time, he was still devoted to this project. However, there have been no additional updates in five years.
Though it appears that some of these may never see the light of day, there are some very promising acting and directorial efforts on the way from the Academy Award-winning filmmaker.
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