EXCLUSIVE: 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. Deadline first reported the news that the package had hit the market back in June, before Netflix scooped it up before the fourth of July holiday. Carnahan also penned the script, with Affleck, Matt Damon, Luciana Damon and Dani Bernfeld producing for Artists Equity
Plot follows a group of Miami cops, who upon discovering millions in cash in a derelict stash house, trust among the group begins to fray. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question — including who they can rely on. Michael Joe and Kevin Halloran of Artists Equity will exec produce.
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After launching Artists Equity in November 2022, Damon and Affleck released the company’s first film, Air, in spring 2023 to strong reviews and a solid box office performance. Since then, it has produced the documentary The Greatest Love Story Never Told for Amazon MGM Studios and Small Things Like These, which opened this year’s Berlin Film Festival and won the Silver Bear for supporting actress Emily Watson. They also have Apple’s The Instigators starring Damon bowing in August and recently finished production on the Amazon MGM Studios pic Unstoppable.
Taylor is coming off her critically acclaimed role in the drama A Thousand And One. The pic bowed at the 2023 Sundance film festival and earned her strong reviews for her performance.
Calle is best known for her breakout role as Supergirl in the DC Studios pic The Flash. She was also recently seen in On Swift Horses.
Calle is repped by Calle is represented by CAA and attorney Sloane Whiteside and Taylor is repped by WME and Taylormade Management Group.
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