BenAffleck, Michael Bay and Liv Tyler posing on the red carpet.In2025, Affleck starred in the action thriller The Accountant 2. He has two Netflix films in post-production. · The road to the 2025AcademyAwards has taken an unexpected turn for Hollywood heavyweights BenAffleck and Matt Damon. Their highly anticipated documentary, Kiss The Future, directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain, has been ruled “ineligible” by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). · Academy Award winners and best friends BenAffleck and Matt Damon have a shot at more Oscar recognition for producing the documentary “ Kiss the Future.” Variety has learned exclusively the... · Kiss the Future, the documentary produced by Matt Damon and BenAffleck, is going to get a shot at Oscar recognition after all. The Academy today reversed its earlier decision declaring the... · The Academy originally said the doc failed to meet qualification criteria, but the project directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain will likely be heading for the 2025Oscars. · The Academy recently reversed its decision and declared Matt Damon and BenAffleck's Kiss the Future as eligible for Oscars. The Motion Picture Academy had turned down the producers plea for reconsideration for Oscar eligibility of their documentary. On Monday, Deadline reported that the Academy had deemed Kiss the Future ineligible for the 2025Oscars as its theatrical release had not satisfied and fulfilled the criteria set in the rules.... · Academy grants Oscar eligibility to Matt Damon, BenAffleck produced ‘Kiss The Future’ ANI · The Academy originally said the doc failed to meet qualification criteria, but the project directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain will likely be heading for the 2025Oscars. · The Academy recently reversed its decision and declared Matt Damon and BenAffleck's Kiss the Future as eligible for Oscars. The Motion Picture Academy had turned down the producers plea for reconsideration for Oscar eligibility of their documentary. On Monday, Deadline reported that the Academy had deemed Kiss the Future ineligible for the 2025Oscars as its theatrical release had not satisfied and fulfilled the criteria set in the rules.... · Academy grants Oscar eligibility to Matt Damon, BenAffleck produced ‘Kiss The Future’ ANI BACKGRID UK . While seeing BenAffleck & best friend Matt Damon reunite in The RIP may be enough for your 2026, may I present ANOTHER crime thriller starring Affleck, but this time directed by him as well! Why is that important? Matt Damon and BenAffleck opened up about how Damon helped his friend out through some of the most challenging times in his life: 'I was there for all of it.'Matt Damon (R) and BenAffleck (L) pose with their Oscars they won for Best Original Screenplay for "Good Will Hunting". BenAffleckIs All Praise for Matt Damon’s Discipline as an Actor. Matt Damon and BenAffleck in a still from The Rip.Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025). Executive produced by Damon and Affleck. Co-produced by the duo’s new independent venture, Artists Equity. The Boston natives - Affleck, 53, and Damon, 55 - revealed to journalist Craig Melvin what their 'least favorite' things about each other are on Tuesday morning's episode. 'Um, [he's] not great at cleaning up around the house,' Affleck said about Damon, to which his friend objected, 'Hey! Actor Matt Damon and actor BenAffleck attend the 70th Annual Academy Awards on at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Matt Damon and BenAffleck after their Oscar win for 'Good Will Hunting' in 1998. The exact words exchanged between Mindy Kaling and BenAffleck at the 2024 Democratic National Convention are not known. However, eyewitnesses reported that Kaling’s expression was one of empathy and concern, suggesting a message of support and encouragement. BenAffleckis getting hands on with Jennifer Garner ... pulling his ex in for a tight hug at their son's birthday party. The Hollywood exes spent some quality family time together Sunday ... skipping the Oscars for a paintball birthday bash for their son Samuel . With two stellar efforts behind him, director BenAffleck still likely hoped this film would shake off some of the vestiges of the ever-persistent fan-boy hate factory criticisms aimed at his acting (some of which was admittedly deserved). Jennifer Garner and BenAffleck attend a Boston Celtics game in 2009. In June of 2025, Affleckis a single man and Garner is happily dating businessman John Miller. Matt Damon and BenAffleck at the premiere of "Good Will Hunting" at the Ziegfeld Theater 1997 © Getty.The pair won their first Oscars together in 1998. For his part, Damon shared that Affleckis not the most timely person. "We got here this morning, and Benwas three minutes early. Two years ago, Lily Gladstone's Globes win in drama for Killers of the Flower Moon and Emma Stone's win in comedy for Poor Things created a down-to-the wire race leading to Stone's second Oscar. This year gave us similar mano-a-manos in the lead acting categories. Quite suspenseful! BenAffleck continues hitting them out of the park. Based on a true story, Argo re-enacts the events that freed American foreign service employees from their hideout in the Canadian Embassy. The setup involves Affleck's character, Mendes...
