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11.08.24
Deadline
Ben Affleck & Matt Damon Explain Why Their Artists Equity Is Hollywood’s Most Disruptive Company As They Release ‘Small Things Like These’
By Mike Fleming Jr
We've seen efforts to share risk and upside in success, and many times they come and go. Artists Equity, hatched by pals Ben Affleck and Matt Damon and backed by a long term financial commitment from RedBird Capital billionaire Gerry Cardinale, has a real chance to reshape the tenuous pay landscape in a talent-friendly way.
10.10.24
The Hollywood Reporter
Kyle Chandler Joins Ben Affleck, Matt Damon in Netflix Crime Thriller ‘RIP’
By Borys Kit
Kyle Chandler will star opposite Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in RIP, a crime thriller Joe Carnahan is directing for Netflix.
Chandler joins a call sheet that, on top of Affleck and Damon, includes Sasha Calle (The Flash), Nestor Carbonell (Shogun), Catalina Sandino Moreno (From), and singer-turned-actress Teyana Taylor.
10.04.24
Deadline
Teyana Taylor And Sasha Calle Join Matt Damon And Ben Affleck In Thriller ‘RIP’ for Netflix
By Justin Kroll
Teyana Taylor and Sasha Calle have joined the ensemble of the upcoming Netflix crime thriller RIP starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, with Joe Carnahan directing... Carnahan also penned the script, with Affleck, Damon, Luciana Damon and Dani Bernfeld producing for Artists Equity.
08.08.24
Vanity Fair
Unstoppable Tackles the Inspiring True Story of a One-Legged Wrestling Champion
By Rebecca Ford
In 2003, Anthony Robles finished his freshman year of high school wrestling in last place. "I remember sitting in my bedroom that night just crying and debating whether or not I wanted to wrestle anymore...."
But this September, Robles will attend the world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival of the movie inspired by his life. 'Unstoppable' chronicle Robles's meteoric rise, how he became a top-tier college wrestler despite being born without his right leg. Overcoming physical limitations and a challenging family life, Robles proved those who underestimated him wrong to become a champion wrestler and a national star.
06.05.24
Variety
Cillian Murphy’s ‘Small Things Like These’ Acquired by Lionsgate for North America, U.K.
By Alex Ritman
'Small Things Like These,' the Irish drama starring newly-minted Oscar winner Cillian Murphy that opened the Berlinale this year, has a domestic home, Variety has learned, with Lionsgate picking up the film for the U.S., U.K., and Ireland.
04.29.24
Entertainment Weekly
Casey Affleck says Midnight Run inspired him to co-write Boston-set heist flick costarring Matt Damon
By Mike Miller
Fresh off playing military men in Oppenheimer, Matt Damon and Casey Affleck are teaming up again onscreen for a very different kind of mission: stealing from a corrupt politician.
Co-written by Affleck, The Instigators sees the duo returning to their Boston roots for the upcoming heist flick...Affleck says the Apple TV+ original is inspired by some of his favorites. "The inspiration for this was definitely Midnight Run and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," says the actor, adding that he'd always 'wanted to do a buddy action comedy.'
04.11.24
Billboard
U2 Sarajevo Doc ‘Kiss the Future,’ Produced by Ben Affleck & Matt Damon, Coming to Paramount+
By Rania Aniftos
Kiss the Future, the documentary about U2's landmark 1997 concert in Sarajevo, is coming to Paramount+. The Berlin Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival selection will arrive exclusively on the platform in the U.S. and Canada on May 7.
04.09.24
Deadline
Artists Equity Boards ‘Kiss Of The Spider Woman’ Adaptation Starring Jennifer Lopez; Diego Luna And Tonatiuh To Co-Star
By Justin Kroll
Artists Equity has come on to Kiss of the Spider Woman, serving as the main studio and producer of the feature adaptation of the 1998 Broadway musical based on Manuel Puig's landmark 1976 novel. Diego Luna and Tonatiuh will star in the adaptation as Valentin Arregui and Luis Molina, respectively. They join Jennifer Lopez, who was previously announced in the titular role.
03.07.24
Deadline
Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, J.K. Simmons & Cynthia Addai-Robinson Returning For ‘The Accountant 2’ As Artists Equity Sets Up Sequel At Amazon MGM
By Matt Grobar
Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, J.K. Simmons, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson have locked deals to return for The Accountant 2, the sequel to the Gavin O'Connor-directed action thriller The Accountant, on which Amazon MGM Studios has teamed with Affleck and Matt Damon's Artists Equity.
02.26.24
Variety
‘The Greatest Love Story Never Told’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Learns Love’s Cost in Revelatory Making-Of Doc
By Todd Gilchrist
With his unexpectedly intimated chronicle of her $20 million passion project "This is Me...Now: A Love Story," documentarian Jason Bergh chips away at the blocks on which Lopez' pop superstardom was built.
02.15.24
Deadline
‘Oppenheimer’ Stars Cillian Murphy & Matt Damon Talk Reteam On Berlin Opener ‘Small Things Like These’, How They Met & That One Thing A Future Collaboration Would Require: Q&A
By Nancy Tartaglione
Passing the time between OPPENHEIMER takes in a New Mexico bunker one morning at about 4 a.m., Cillian Murphy and Matt Damon sowed the seeds of a future collaboration. Fast-forward to today, and SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE is opening the Berlin Film Festival.
Murphy stars in and produced SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE alongside his Big Things Films partner Alan Moloney. Damon is also a producer -- his and Ben Affleck's Artists Equity financed the film that's based on Claire Keegan's acclaimed novel and was adapted for the screen by Edna Walsh. Tim Mielants directs.
02.13.24
CNN
'Art as an act of defiance': Matt Damon on new documentary about U2's work in Bosnia
By Christiane Amanpour
"Kiss The Future" is a documentary that follows the siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War and how the Irish band U2 rallied around the people there. Matt Damon co-produced the film and spoke to Christiane Amanpour about the extraordinary story.
01.31.24
Deadline
U2-Themed Documentary ‘Kiss The Future,’ Produced By Matt Damon & Ben Affleck, To Screen Exclusively At AMC Theatres
By Matthew Carey
AMC Theatres will be the exclusive cinematic home to KISS THE FUTURE, the award-winning documentary about the siege of Sarajevo and how its people and artistic community drew inspiration from the music of U2.
Under a deal between AMC and Fifth Season, select AMC locations will debut the film on February 23 for what is described as a full theatrical run. Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Christiane Amanpour, and former Pres. Bill Clinton are among those who appear in the film directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain and produced by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Sarah Anthony. KISS THE FUTURE will become available to stream later this year exclusively on Paramount+.
01.25.24
Deadline
Matt Damon & Ben Affleck Reteaming On Kidnapping Tale ‘Animals’ For Netflix; Artists Equity & Fifth Season Producing
By Justin Kroll
Following the success of AIR, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are reuniting again on the kidnapping thriller ANIMALS, with Damon starring and Affleck directing. Connor McIntyre penned the script with revisions by Billy Ray. The film will be produced by Affleck, Damon and Dani Bernfeld of Artists Equity and Brad Weston and Collin Creighton of MakeReady, who developed the project in partnership with Fifth Season.
01.18.24
Deadline
Cillian Murphy-Starrer ‘Small Things Like These’ To Open Berlinale 2024
By Max Goldbart
Cillian Murphy movie "Small Things Like These" will open this year's Berlinale.
12.11.23
Deadline
Artists Equity, Chris Hemsworth’s Wild State Set Scripted Partnership
By Matt Grobar
Artists Equity, founded by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Gerry Cardinale of RedBird Capital Partners, has announced a new strategic partnership with Chris Hemsworth and Wild State, the burgeoning production company founded by Hemsworth and longtime producing partner Ben Grayson.
09.12.23
The Hollywood Reporter
Ice Spice Joins Ben Affleck’s Dunkin’ Cinematic Universe in New Commercial During VMAs
By Alex Weprin
Ben Affleck's Dunkin' cinematic universe continues to grow.
On Tuesday night during the MTV Video Music Awards, the coffee and donuts chain debuted a new commercial, direct by and starring Affleck, and produced by the actor's Artists Equity production label.
The new sport stars Affleck and rap star Ice Spice, who conceptualized a new drink: The Ice Spice Munchkins Drink.
07.10.23
Film and Digital Times
Bob Richardson, ASC on AIR
By Jon Fauer
AIR's Director of Photography Bob Richardson interviewed by Film and Digital Times.
03.20.23
Deadline
Cillian Murphy To Star In & Produce ‘Small Things Like These’ Backed By Ben Affleck & Matt Damon’s Artists Equity
By Nancy Tartaglione
Oppenehimer, A Quiet Place Part II and Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy is embarking on his next project with the feature adaptation of Claire Keegan's acclaimed novel "Small Things Like These". Murphy will star in and produce the film that's been greenlighted by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's Artists Equity, which will finance the project. Principal photography is underway in Ireland.
03.17.23
Deadline
Jharrel Jerome To Star As Wrestler Anthony Robles Alongside Jennifer Lopez In ‘Unstoppable’ From Artists Equity And Amazon
By Anthony D'Alessandro
Jharrel Jerome, the Emmy Winner, Moonlight actor and EP/star of the upcoming Prime Video series "I'm a Virgo" that just premiered at SXSW, has signed on to star in UNSTOPPABLE, the movie starting Jennifer Lopez and directed by Billy Goldenberg...
03.16.23
The Hollywood Reporter
Ben Affleck on ‘Air,’ New CEO Gig and Those Memes: “I Am Who I Am”
By Rebecca Keegan
The actor, filmmaker and budding mogul on the disruptive production company he launched with Matt Damon, why he’s done with D.C., getting Michael Jordan’s blessing for his new film and the advice wife Jennifer Lopez gave him for this interview.
02.12.23
AdWeek
Ben Affleck Works the Drive-Thru Window for Dunkin’s Super Bowl Spot
By Jason Notte
The coffee brand’s ad has the actor handing out $1 donuts, but gets J-Lo involved before he wears out his welcome
02.12.23
Wall Street Journal
Ben Affleck Created Dunkin’s Super Bowl Debut With the Help of Jennifer Lopez
By Patrick Coffee
Dunkin’ might not have made an appearance in the Super Bowl this year if not for the influence of its best-known fan.
The Inspire Brands Inc. restaurant chain decided to make its Super Bowl debut only after seeing the results of actor-director Ben Affleck’s push to film himself working a drive-through shift at a location near his hometown of Boston, said Dunkin’ Chief Marketing Officer Jill McVicar Nelson.
11.20.22
The New York Times
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to Start Film Production Company
By Brooks Barnes
Hollywood’s most powerful stars, directors and writers have been increasingly vocal about their dissatisfaction with streaming-era paychecks, namely the refusal of entertainment companies to share the money generated from breakout hits, as was more common in decades past. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon announced on Sunday that they had decided to take action. Instead of continuing to work for hire, they plan to start an independent production company, called Artists Equity, and have obtained a minimum of $100 million in financing from the investment firm RedBird Capital Partners.