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Updated · Fox News · Sep 15

Netflix Unveils Full Trailer for Ben Affleck's 'Animals' Ahead of Oct. 9 Premiere

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Updated · Fox News · Sep 15

Netflix Unveils Full Trailer for Ben Affleck's 'Animals' Ahead of Oct. 9 Premiere

Q: What dark secrets is the mayoral candidate hiding that turn a simple ransom demand into a deadly web of deception?

The trailer and official synopsis do not reveal exactly what secrets Ben Affleck’s mayoral candidate is hiding. What is clear is that *Animals* is built around the idea that the kidnapping exposes buried parts of his personal, financial, and political life. Across the released materials, Netflix describes the plot as a ransom crisis that pulls the family into “a web of deception” and forces choices that could “tear their world apart.” Other coverage adds that the candidate and his wife have poured major resources into the campaign, suggesting money pressures may be part of the danger. Some reporting also hints that, as they move through Los Angeles’ criminal underworld to save their son, “dark secrets and sides of their lives” begin to surface. The trailer further suggests those secrets are tied to mistrust inside their inner circle. Steven Yeun’s character is identified as the campaign manager, while Gillian Anderson appears to play a powerful fixer, indicating the crisis may involve political damage control as much as a family emergency. The tagline “Power can’t protect you” points in the same direction: whatever is hidden seems serious enough that influence only deepens the threat. So the best supported answer is that the film has not yet disclosed the specific secret, but it strongly implies concealed financial strain, compromised relationships, and politically dangerous truths that turn the ransom into something far more lethal.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 15

Netflix released the first full trailer for “Animals” on Tuesday, giving a longer look at Ben Affleck’s crime thriller before its Oct. 9 streaming debut.
The film follows a Los Angeles mayoral candidate and his wife after their son is kidnapped, pushing them into deception and a scramble to raise ransom money.
Ben Affleck directs and stars alongside Kerry Washington, with Gillian Anderson, Adriana Paz, Ray Fisher, Christopher Woodley, Matt Gerald, Jacob Estrada, Luis Gerardo Méndez and Steven Yeun also in the cast.
August’s first-look footage had already generated buzz, and the fuller preview is the latest push for a Netflix release positioned as a dark, high-stakes thriller.