Less than a month after news broke of her split from husband Ben Affleck was announced, it was back to business for Jennifer Garner—and her latest project was also very emotional.
The actress began filming the Christian drama film Miracles From Heaven in mid-July in Atlanta. The trailer was released on Wednesday. Garner plays a mother of a little girl who has a near-death experience and is subsequently cured of a digestive disorder that had rendered her unable to eat without feeding tubes.
The film is based on a true story and also stars Queen Latifah, Martin Henderson, Kylie Rogers and two The Walking Dead alumni—Brighton Sharbino and John Carroll Lynch. Miracles From Heaven is set for release on March 18, 2016.
On June 30, a day after their 10-year wedding anniversary and a little more than two weeks before production on the movie began, Garner and Affleck announced plans to divorce. Neither actor has yet filed legal documents.
The two are parents to two daughters, Violet, 9, and Seraphina, 6, and son Samuel, 3. During the summer, while production on Miracles From Heaven was ongoing, Affleck flew Atlanta several times this summer to visit the family. He stayed in the guest house of a property Garner rented.
Filming ended in October. A month earlier, Garner and Affleck were photographed together back home in Los Angeles and even even stepped out for a dinner date.
"Jennifer really loves Ben and wants to be able to forgive him for the drama," a friend of the actress had told E! News, following a "Nannygate" scandal. Affleck has denied anything romantic went on between him and the couple's now-former nanny.
"She isn't going to ever stop loving him," the friend said about Garner. "He's the father of her kids and she wants him in their lives."
Garner can also be seen in the new comedy film Nine Lives, which began filming a week before her and Affleck's divorce announcement and is set for release on April 29, 2016.