live by night

Courting Success: Trailer For Ben Affleck’s Nike Drama AIR Starring Matt Damon

Air is a new comedy-drama based on the true-life tale of how Nike’s Sonny Vaccaro signed basketball player Michael Jordan for the iconic Air Jordan shoe. Directed by Ben Affleck, Air stars Matt Damon as Vaccaro, Jason Bateman, Chris [...]

February 9, 2023

Uncovering Curiosities: Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT

Ben Affleck’s gangster film, Live By Night was hugely under-appreciated when it was released back in 2016. For some strange reason Live By Night was shunned by critics and audiences alike when it opened on the big screen. Maybe it was some [...]

December 27, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Ben Affleck Directing LIVE BY NIGHT

2016’s Live By Night is a luscious and luminous film. It features some beautiful production design and costumes, creating a vibrant world that echoes nearly a century of wonderful gangster movies. Ben Affleck’s adaptation of Dennis [...]

November 30, 2020

Forget it, Ben. It’s Chinatown! Ben Affleck To Direct Making Of Chinatown Movie THE BIG GOODBYE

The mighty Ben Affleck will direct, write and produce The Big Goodbye, a screen adaptation of Sam Wasson’s book The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood.. The book tells the behind-the-scenes story of the making of Roman [...]

August 8, 2020

Is Ben Affleck Really Done As BATMAN?

Back in February it was reported that Ben Affleck wanted out of his contract as Batman. This was around the time he dropped out as director of The Batman (and took a hit for the critical and commercial failure of the rather great Live By Night) [...]

July 22, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Be Prepared To Get Hot & Sweaty Over Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT

For some strange reason Ben Affleck’s Live By Night was shunned by critics and audiences alike when it was released on the big screen. Maybe it was some weird post-Batman backlash, but the $60 million gangster film opened to tepid reviews and [...]

May 20, 2017

The Films of Zoe Saldana

Having starred in a wide range of both high-profile blockbusters and more character driven dramas, it’s safe to say that Zoe Saldana is one of the most sought after actresses working in the industry today. Last year saw her team with Oscar-winner [...]

May 16, 2017

Listen Up UK: Get Ready To Take Home Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT

Writer-Director Ben Affleck‘s Live By Night was a wonderful gangster movie throwback which didn’t get the audience it deserved on the big screen (what the hell is wrong with you people?). It was a luscious thriller, filled with great [...]

April 26, 2017

Ben Affleck Will Not Be Directing THE BATMAN

The bad news: Ben Affleck will not be directing The Batman. The good news: he will still star in the DC Comics superhero flick. There have been rumours that Affleck wouldn’t commit to directing for a while (I’m man enough to admit that I got it [...]

January 31, 2017

Review: Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT Is A Muscular Gangster Thriller

Tommy guns, bootleggers, fedoras and molls – Ben Affleck’s Live By Night has everything you would want from a 1930s gangster drama. This adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel is a love letter to Warner Bros’ golden age of gangster movies [...]

January 16, 2017

Discover The Price You Pay In This New Featurette For Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT

This featurette (titled The Price You Pay) for Ben Affleck‘s Live By Night is pretty detailed. You get some great snippets from the cast and Mr Affleck, it doesn’t feel like a puff piece at all. Live By Night starring Ben Affleck, Elle [...]

January 4, 2017

About Those Ben Affleck ‘Not A Set Thing’ BATMAN Comments

The Hollywood shutdown of the Christmas/New Year period means that there’s a dearth of film news about. These slim pickings lead movie sites to gravitate towards anything to score hits. They write it up, slap on a clickbait headline line and [...]

January 2, 2017

Final Poster For Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT

Gone Baby Gone, The Town and Argo – Ben Affleck has a great track recored as director. I don’t think Live By Night will be ruining that streak. Here’s the latest (and I believe final) poster for Affleck’s Prohibition drama [...]

December 5, 2016

Go Gangster With The Latest Trailer For Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT

Live By Night is actor-director-writer Ben Affleck’s attempt to recreate the old Warner Bros. gangster movies of the ‘30s and ‘40s. He appears to have captured the tone, and I hope that audiences embrace this movie. We need guys like Affleck [...]

November 12, 2016

Banned On The Rum: Trailer And Poster For Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT

To many he’s Batman, to some he’s tabloid fodder, but to others (the ones that matter) Ben Affleck is an award-winning filmmaker. And it’s the latter that will be excited by this new trailer for Live By Night. This Dennis Lehane adaptation has [...]

September 10, 2016

First Day, First Shot And First Picture As Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT Finally Starts Filming

Batman has constantly hampered the opportunity for Ben Affleck to direct his adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s Live By Night. Now all the obstacles are out of the way and the Oscar-winner is finally shooting the film. He shared the above image on [...]

October 29, 2015

A Re-Jigging Of Ben Affleck’s Movie Schedule Leaves A Lot Of Room For THE BATMAN

Warner Bros has shifted the Gavin O’Connor Ben Affleck starrer The Accountant from its January 2016 release to October 7, 2016. That’s a good sign the studio feels there’s some heft to the movie which will now open smack-dab in the middle of [...]

August 8, 2015

It’s Confirmed: Ben Affleck Will Write And Direct THE BATMAN

There were rumours – but it has now been confirmed by Deadline: Ben Affleck will (co)write and direct a standalone Batman film. Affleck is currently working on the script with Geoff Johns, DC Comics’ chief creative officer, and it looks like [...]

July 10, 2015

BATMAN VS SUPERMAN Delayed Until 2016; Will Ben Affleck Drop Out?

Warner Bros looks to have dodged the speeding bullet that was the potential box office blood bath of 2015, by moving Batman vs Superman to May 6, 2016 – almost a full year after it was originally scheduled for release (July 17, 2015). While [...]

January 18, 2014

Ben Affleck Loses FOCUS

Ben Affleck has dropped out of the Warner Bros. film, Focus. Affleck’s departure is reportedly down to scheduling issues, but that hasn’t stopped chins-wagging that he didn’t want to do a movie with a “home wrecker” like Kristen Stewart [...]

December 20, 2012