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Matt Damon to Produce Karen Read Murder Case Film
17 Jul
Summary
- Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are developing a film about Karen Read.
- Karen Read was found not guilty of murder in June 2025.
- The film will focus on the 2022 death of John O'Keefe.

Matt Damon has announced that he and Ben Affleck are developing a film centered on the Karen Read case. Read was found not guilty of second-degree murder in June 2025. The charges stemmed from the 2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe.
Damon shared on "Live With Kelly and Mark" that the film is in its initial stages. Hosts Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos expressed enthusiastic interest, with Ripa humorously offering her assistance as a consultant due to her extensive following of the case's televised trials. The first trial resulted in a mistrial before Read's acquittal in the second.