Before he takes the helm of The Batman, Ben Affleck’s next movie will be Live By Night. Based on the Dennis Lehane novel of the same name, the first trailer and poster have now been released, and based on what we see here, don’t be surprised if it’s an Oscar contender!
Of course, given how well received Argo and The Town were, that shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise. Either way though, Live By Night definitely looks like a real must-watch.
Ben Affleck’s Live by Night is set in the roaring ’20s when Prohibition hasn’t stopped the flow of booze in an underground network of gangster-run speakeasies. The opportunity to gain power and money is there for any man with enough ambition and nerve and Joe Coughlin, the son of the Boston Police Superintendent, long ago turned his back on his strict upbringing for the spoils of being an outlaw. But even among criminals there are rules and Joe breaks a big one: crossing a powerful mob boss by stealing his money and his moll. The fiery affair ends in tragedy, setting Joe on a path of revenge, ambition, romance and betrayal that propels him out of Boston and up the ladder of Tampa’s steamy rum-running underworld.
Starring Ben Affleck, Elle Fanning, Brendan Gleeson, Chris Messina, Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldana and Chris Cooper, Live By Night is set to be released on January 13th, 2017.
