Ben Affleck says he used AI for ‘lots of things’ in Netflix’s Animals
The Oscar winner told a Bloomberg audience the tech helped make his kidnap thriller but refused to say where. The film lands on Netflix on 9 October, and Netflix now owns the AI company he founded.
Ben Affleck has admitted he used AI to make Animals, his new Netflix thriller. He just won't tell you which parts. Speaking at Bloomberg's Screentime event on Wednesday, 30 September 2026, the director and star said he used the technology "for lots of things in that movie", according to The Playlist. Asked to name them, he declined. Affleck said he…