{"id":2323773,"date":"2026-03-11T21:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2323773"},"modified":"2026-03-11T21:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:37:13","slug":"netflix-could-pay-as-much-as-600-million-for-ben-afflecks-ai-film-start-up-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/netflix-could-pay-as-much-as-600-million-for-ben-afflecks-ai-film-start-up-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Could Pay as Much as $600 Million for Ben Affleck\u2019s AI Film Start-Up: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0144901\/\">Netflix<\/a>, in one of its biggest-ever acquisitions, reportedly will pay up to $600 million for InterPositive, the AI filmmaking tools start-up founded by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000255\/\">Ben Affleck<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Affleck and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1178233\/\">InterPositive<\/a>\u2019s investors will earn as much as $600 million from the Netflix deal if the company meets \u201ccertain performance targets,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0312159\/\">Bloomberg<\/a> reported, citing anonymous sources. The amount that Netflix paid upfront for InterPositive was less than that, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Reps for Netflix did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix on March 5 announced the deal to buy Affleck\u2019s InterPositive for undisclosed financial terms. The entire 16-person InterPositive team of engineers, researchers and creatives will join Netflix through the acquisition, and Affleck will serve as a senior adviser to Netflix to provide ongoing guidance. That came a week after Netflix walked away from its deal to buy <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0026840\/\">Warner Bros.<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0885467\/\">Discovery<\/a>\u2019s studios and streaming businesses, opting to not make a&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix, in one of its biggest-ever acquisitions, reportedly will pay up to $600 million for InterPositive, the AI filmmaking tools start-up founded by Ben Affleck. Affleck and InterPositive\u2019s investors will earn as much as $600 million from the Netflix deal if the company meets \u201ccertain performance targets,\u201d Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources. 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