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Casey Affleck & Summer Phoenix Split after nearly 10 Years of Marriage

“They remain very close friends”, the rep said. Ben Affleck and his wife, Jennifer Garner, announced a year ago that they’re getting divorced after a decade of marriage.

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The couple – who have sons IN, 11, and eight-year-old Atticus – have “amicably” gone their separate ways after nearly 10 years of marriage.

CASEY Affleck and Summer Phoenix have split up for good.

Both Casey and Summer come from families that rank among Hollywood royalty as the 40-year-old actor is the younger brother of Ben Affleck and the 37-year-old actress is the youngest sibling of Joaquin and the late River Phoenix.

Casey and Summer met through Joaquin when the two men worked on To Die For together.

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“She felt like she wanted to discuss it and get it out there and get it over with so she could say, ‘Look, I already talked about it – I don’t want to do it again, ‘” he told the newspaper. “And my brother was like, ‘Uh, yeah, this is my sister…’ and I was awestruck”. He’s also grabbed some early Oscar buzz for his portrayal of a Boston janitor who has to raise his nephew after the death of his brother in the upcoming made-in-Mass.

Casey Affleck with Summer Phoenix in 2008