GQ brings us a brand new have a look at the anticipated reunion of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in The Rip. Director Joe Carnahan, whose credit embody Narc, The Gray, Smokin’ Aces and The A-Group, shared that he was impressed by a buddy from Miami Dade PD’s Tactical Narcotics division after a real-life rip mission. Carnahan defined, “I went through an unbelievably bad breakup, and it was really fraught with a lot of pain and anger. And in the weirdest way, man, it just reconstituted—I kept thinking of Back to the Future II, like give me trash and I’ll create fusion. I’ve never been good at therapy, and probably because there’s something deeply wrong with me that I’m immune to it. But I found this to be very therapeutic, and that script just kind of flew out of me.”
Damon says he and Affleck rapidly signed on to the movie to make it by way of their Artists Fairness studio. When the Bourne sequence star was requested what films he and his greatest buddy intend to provide, he said, “Our goal is always to just make movies that we think we’ll like, which is really the same calculus we use in our own careers as actors. It kind of drives our creative team crazy, because they’re like, ‘What are we looking for?’ And we always just go, A good movie.”
Affleck defined that he took the film as a result of, “I was interested in this particular brand of masculinity and drawn to playing what I suppose now is an unapologetically ‘throwback’ type role.” He was additionally enthused about reuniting with Carnahan specifically as a result of he “understands those men.”
Carnahan gave his impression of Artists Fairness as “the vanguard of something that I think is really vital. Hopefully, a lot more artists adapt [like they have]; they’re doing things in a non-traditional way. I’ve worked for some absolute scoundrels, bums, thieves, and crooks, and had to make movies under really difficult conditions with just the worst… I’ll put air quotes, ‘producers.’ [Ben and Matt] are the cream of the crop. They’re just unimpeachable in what they do.”
Right here is the plot of The Rip courtesy of Netflix: “Upon discovering millions in cash in a derelict stash house, trust among a team of Miami cops begins to fray. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question — including who they can rely on.” The supporting solid consists of Steven Yeun, Teyana Taylor, Kyle Chandler, Scott Adkins, and extra. Beforehand marketed as RIP (as in “rest in peace”), The Rip (as in one thing you pull from against the law scene) is directed by Joe Carnahan, making it a Smokin’ Aces reunion for the director and Affleck. It’s most likely extra notable for many as a result of it’s one other reteaming for Affleck and Damon, who most just lately appeared onscreen collectively in 2023’s Air.
The Rip can be one thing of a enterprise enterprise for Affleck and Damon, because it comes courtesy of their Artists Fairness manufacturing firm, which the boys launched in late 2022. Their first launch was the aforementioned Air, which earned two Golden Globe nominations within the Musical or Comedy class. Along with The Rip, Artists Fairness additionally has Invoice Condon’s Kiss of the Spider Girl on the calendar for an awards season run and has already seen the discharge of the Affleck-led The Accountant 2.
The Rip launches on Netflix on January 16.
