Second trailer released for «Animals», Ben Affleck’s crime film for Netflix: a son’s kidnapping and buried secrets, streaming on 9 October

Ben Affleck has released the second trailer of his new crime film “Animals”, which arrives exclusively on the Netflix platform on 9 October 2026, according to the announcement published by ComingSoon.net.

The story follows Mark Kimball (played by Affleck himself), a candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, whose life is turned upside down when his son is kidnapped. Together with his wife, he must secure the ransom sum within a few hours — but the overwhelming part of the family money has been spent on the election campaign, so the two are forced to dig up old, buried secrets that threaten to come to light at precisely the worst moment.

The new trailer focuses precisely on these hidden secrets of the Kimball family and on the suspicion that the kidnapper may use them as a weapon against them, turning the race to save the son into a dangerous game of pressure. Alongside Affleck, the cast also includes Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson and Steven Yeun, as well as Luis Gerardo Méndez, Adriana Paz, Ray Fisher, Matt Gerald and Mark Kassen.

Affleck is not limited to the leading role: he is also the film’s director and co-author of the screenplay, together with Connor O. McIntyre and Billy Ray.

The trailer news comes a few weeks after the controversy Affleck himself ignited when he admitted that the film’s production had used artificial intelligence “for many things” — a statement that sparked heated debate in Hollywood.