Ben Affleck’s On Cloud Nine Amid ‘Air’ Debut, JLo Flick on Horizon

Ben Affleck is on prime of the world these days — making motion pictures along with his greatest bud, and having his spouse star in movies he is producing … which he says is the head of success and happiness.

The actor-director sat down with CBS Sunday Morning for a chat about his new film, “Air” which follows the story of Nike signing Michael Jordan to his legendary shoe deal … and which simply debuted at SXSW this weekend to rave opinions and thunderous applause.

The movie stars Ben and Matt Damon, and the reunion has really had a shining impact on BA — as you may inform on this interview. He talks about how chasing cash in showbiz (or any biz, actually) is not the important thing to success, as he says he is came upon.

Instead, he says he is realized that proper now … he is at his most joyous. That’s as a result of he beloved coming to work for this “Air” flick — hanging out along with his childhood BFF and collaborating, seeing his youngsters extra typically and doing tasks he is truly captivated with.

That brings the convo to Ben and Matt’s new productions firm — Artists Equity — which ensures the ancillary crew members an even bigger minimize of the pie … in contrast to conventional studios.

“Air” is AE’s first film (which is being distributed by Amazon) and so they have already got one other sports activities biopic within the works … which is able to star Jennifer Lopez. Ben addresses the obvious nepotism right here within the interview … and insists he acquired the very best actors for the job, her included.

There’s extra within the full interview … like what MJ himself wished by way of calls for. One of these asks, as Ben shares, was that Viola Davis play his mother — and she or he does.