Ben Affleck Taking Break from Filming to Spend Thanksgiving with Kids: ‘He’s Very Happy with Life’ (Exclusive Source)

Ben Affleck is taking a break to celebrate Thanksgiving with his children.

The Oscar winner is currently in the middle of filming his upcoming movie RIP with pal Matt Damon, spotted on set earlier this week in Los Angeles.

A source tells PEOPLE, “He’s very happy with life. He enjoys working. He’ll spend Thanksgiving with his kids.”

Affleck and Damon are also producers on the crime thriller RIP, which filmed in New Jersey as well and also stars Teyana Taylor and The Flash‘s Sasha Calle.

An insider from the set says Affleck has been “in a great mood and super fun to work with.”

“They [Affleck and Damon] are a great team. You can tell they enjoy working together. Ben looks great too. He seems to be in a good place,” says the insider.

Affleck, 52, shares three kids with ex-wife Jennifer Garner: Violet, who turns 19 on Dec. 1, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12. On Wednesday, Nov. 27, Garner, 52, revealed that their family dog Birdie died shortly after Violet returned home from college for the holiday.

“The vet told us that dogs often hang on until their person comes home from college and we believe Birdie did just that, so that we could pet her soft ears together and thank her for being the world’s best dog,” the actress wrote on Instagram.

This is the first Thanksgiving for Affleck since Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce in August, listing their date of separation as April 26, after less than two years of marriage.

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Lopez, 55, is mom to 16-year-old twins Max and Emme with ex-husband Marc Anthony. A source said in August that the Unstoppable actress is still “especially close” to Affleck’s kids, while he “has not been in touch with her kids.” The pair have not yet finalized their divorce.

A source said earlier in August that Affleck rekindling his decades-old romance with Lopez before they married in 2022 helped him “become a family man again.” That source added, “Family is very important to both of them, and together they were family people — and the connection doesn’t end.”

While speaking to PEOPLE earlier this month about JLo Beauty launching an assortment of sets for the holidays, Lopez explained why she enjoys the holiday season with loved ones. “We don’t get to see each other all year, so we kind of catch up on what everybody’s doing and how life is. It’s just a beautiful time. I really enjoy it.”

“It was a pretty intense year for me and I’m most looking forward to spending time with my kids and my family coming out from the East Coast,” she added.

“The holidays are such a special time for us and they’ve always been since I was a little girl. And I really look forward to those moments when I can be with my sisters and just relax and have fun and create new memories.”