The Accountant 2: All About the Action Thriller’s Sequel Starring Ben Affleck (Including the Release Date and Plot Details!)

Mar. 15, 2025

Ben Affleck in ‘The Accountant 2.'.Photo:Amazon MGM Studios

Amazon MGM Studios

Warning:The Accountspoilers ahead!

Ben Affleckis reprising his role as Christian Wolff — and it’s been nine years in the making.

He’s forced to team up with in-house accountant Dana Cummings (Anna Kendrick) and they discover that CEO Lamar Blackburn (John Lithgow) has embezzled $60 million from the company. This knowledge puts a target on both their backs and Christian must do everything in his power to protect Dana.

But his professional and personal worlds collide when he learns that his long-lost brother Braxton (Jon Bernthal) is leading the team of hitmen protecting Lamar.

The film ends with Christian killing Lamar and the brothers promising to reconnect again soon — under better circumstances.

The Accountant 2will hit theaters in April 2025, and this time around, Christian and Braxton are on the same side. The pair work together to solve the murder of Ray King (J.K. Simmons) — the director of the Treasury Department’s financial crimes bureau.

On Feb. 11, Affleck toldVanity Fairthat he felt “more prepared and educated” to play Christian in the sequel.

“He put the clothes back on and he just started becoming the strange laboratory of Chris’s brain, and he just started expressing Chris again in a very honest, authentic, very real way," O’Connor added.

Here’s everything to know about the highly-anticipatedThe Accountant 2, including the release date, plot details and the first trailer.

What isThe Accountant 2about?

Daniella Pineda and J.K. Simmons in ‘The Accountant 2.'.Warrick Page/Prime

Warrick Page/Prime

Christian recruits his “estranged and highly lethal brother” Braxton to help solve the case, and they “uncover a deadly conspiracy, becoming targets of a ruthless network of killers who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried.”

Who is inThe Accountant 2cast?

Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal in ‘The Accountant 2’.Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios

Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios

Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal will reprise their roles inThe Accountant 2alongside Cynthia Addai-Robinson and J.K. Simmons.

When willThe Accountant 2be released?

‘The Accountant 2’ movie poster.Amazon MGM Studios

The Accountant 2will premiere in theaters on April 25, 2025.

Until then, viewers can watch 2016’sThe AccountantonMax.

Is there a trailer forThe Accountant 2?

Ben Affleck on ‘The Accountant 2.'.Courtesy of Prime Video

Courtesy of Prime Video

Yes! The firstofficial trailerforThe Accountant 2was released on Feb. 13.

Thenearly-three-minute teaseropens with Christian deciding what to wear to his meeting with treasury agent Medina, who reluctantly enlists his help after discovering the words “find the accountant” scribbled on King’s dead body.

“I need your help to finish the job he started,” she tells Christian.

The mathematical savant then calls his estranged brother, Braxton, and asks him to “be in Los Angeles, California, in 24 hours.” Braxton hangs up on Christian but makes the trip.

The two quickly get involved in a series of dangerous altercations and at the same time, the siblings start getting to know each other better.

Who is directingThe Accountant 2?

Gavin O’Connor and Ben Affleck attend the premiere of ‘The Accountant’ on October 10, 2016 in Hollywood, California.Todd Williamson/Getty

Todd Williamson/Getty

Gavin O’Connor directedThe Accountantand reprised his role for the sequel. This came after a significant break from Hollywood — he hasn’t directed a film since 2020’sThe Way Back, which also starred Affleck.

O’Connor toldVanity Fairthat it was “brutal” trying to getThe Accountant 2greenlit.

“It just felt like this flower that was ready to bloom, and then it would stop again and start again. It was so frustrating,” he said.

The director added that it was a “tall order” to deliver a film as entertaining as the first.

“It was very important to me to make an exuberant movie,” O’Connor explained. “I wanted to make an emotional film — an action movie that dealt with human connection and love was something that I really wanted to explore.”

That being said, Affleck and O’Connor are already discussing a potentialThe Accountant 3.

“I have a lot of thoughts about what to do with the third. I’ve been thinking about it for a lot of years,” the director told the outlet.

Affleck added, “I’m keenly aware of the fact that you kind of have to earn another movie. The worst pitfall is to store a bunch of your good ideas for the next installment. If you don’t create an interest demand the first time out there, you’re just going to be playing that to an empty house.”

source: people.com