Matt Damon, Ben Affleck team up with 'The Grey' director Joe Carnahan for crime thriller 'RIP'

Director Joe Carnahan , who came to fame with the 2002 gritty crime drama Narc , is reteaming with his Smokin' Aces supporting player Ben Affleck and Ben's longtime friend and fellow Oscar winner Matt Damon for a crime thriller called RIP .

The film is being released through Damon and Affleck's profit-sharing production shingle Artists Equity, according to Deadline .

Carnahan, who also directed the acclaimed 2012 thriller The Grey with Liam Neeson , spoofed the trade's story in his Instagram confirmation of the news, saying, "The original [headline] of this article, before my PR intervened was: 'HANDSOME OSCAR-WINNING MOVIE STARS TEAM WITH RAPIDLY AGING, DOLL-HAIRED JACK BLACK CLONE,'" referring to his own picture next to more camera-ready shots of Damon and Affleck.