The best friends in Hollywood, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, are teaming up again, and this time on screen and not just through their production company (though Artists Equity is involved). During Netflix’s TUDUM Live event, the streamer announced the upcoming crime thriller, The Rip, its cast, release window, and more.
When it comes to capturing on-screen chemistry between friends, you can’t get better than Affleck and Damon. The acting duo’s The Rip, from writer-director Joe Carnahan (Smokin’ Aces). Artists Equity will produce the film, the artist-led studio that Damon and Affleck founded in 2022.
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What is The Rip about?
Netflix shared the official synopsis: 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 Rip came out of a deeply personal experience that my friend went through, both as a father and as head of tactical narcotics for the Miami Dade police department,” Joe Carnahan explained in a TUDUM post. “It’s inspired in part by his life and then, by my enduring love for those classic ’70s cop thrillers that really valued the character and interpersonal relationships and became touchstones of that era — films like Serpico and Prince of the City and more recently, Michael Mann’s Heat.”
The Rip Cast so far:
- Matt Damon (Stillwater, The Bourne Identity)
- Ben Affleck (Gone Girl, Triple Frontier)
- Steven Yeun (Beef, The Walking Dead)
- Teyana Taylor (A Thousand and One, The Book of Clarence)
- Catalina Sandino Moreno (Silent Night, Maria Full of Grace)
- Sasha Calle (The Flash, The Young and the Restless)
- Néstor Carbonell (Shōgun, The Morning Show)
- Lina Esco (S.W.A.T)
- Scott Adkins (John Wick 4, Day Shift)
- Kyle Chandler (Back in Action, Friday Night Lights)
The Rip will release globally on Netflix on January 16, 2026.
