Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Oscar-winner Ben Affleck is set to star in as well as direct the new Netflix movie, Animals. He will also produce the film alongside his frequent collaborator Matt Damon, the streaming service announced Thursday. The X Files and The Crown alum Gillian Anderson has signed on to co-star.

Two new thrillers are coming to Netflix. Robert De Niro will star in The Whisper Man, while Ben Affleck and Gillian Anderson are set to appear in crime thriller Animals. The Whisper Man follows a widowed crime writer whose son is abducted and Animals centers on a kidnapping.

Ben Affleck has set up his next directing gig at Netlix, a thriller titled Animals and Gillian Anderson is set to star in it. The script for the project was written by Connor McIntyre and Billy Ray and it will shoot in Los Angeles.

Ben Affleck and Gillian Anderson are set to star in kidnapping thriller "Animals" for Netflix, according to an insider with knowledge of the project. Affleck is also set to direct. Matt Damon was originally attached to star in the film but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey.

Ben Affleck is moving forward without Matt Damon for his next project, Animals. The film, a Netflix exclusive, is a thriller hinging on a pivotal kidnapping. Who gets kidnapped and when? It won't be Matt Damon,

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Animals' director Ben Affleck has replaced his longtime friend Matt Damon in the movie, which has also cast 'Sex Education' star Gillian Anderson.