Casting on Ben Affleck’s Prohibition-era feature Live By Night shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon. In recent weeks, we’ve seen the likes of Scott Eastwood, Brendan Gleeson and The Mindy Project‘s Chris Messina board the ensemble drama, and The Wrap is reporting that Affleck has just added a familiar face to the line-up.
Welcoming an old cohort to the fray in Titus Welliver – the pair collaborated on Gone Baby Gone, The Town and Argo – the outlet confirms that Welliver will make it four for four in Affleck’s directorial career, starring as a glowering mob boss that crosses paths with the film’s disillusioned protagonist.
That’s a role that belongs to Affleck himself, who toplines Live By Night as Joe Coughlin, the rowdy son of a decorated police captain (Gleeson) who becomes drawn into the underworld of organized crime. Threatening to sully the family name,...
Welcoming an old cohort to the fray in Titus Welliver – the pair collaborated on Gone Baby Gone, The Town and Argo – the outlet confirms that Welliver will make it four for four in Affleck’s directorial career, starring as a glowering mob boss that crosses paths with the film’s disillusioned protagonist.
That’s a role that belongs to Affleck himself, who toplines Live By Night as Joe Coughlin, the rowdy son of a decorated police captain (Gleeson) who becomes drawn into the underworld of organized crime. Threatening to sully the family name,...
- 12/2/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Collateral Beauty
Helen Mirren is in negotiations to join Will Smith in the drama "Collateral Beauty" for New Line. David Frankel is taking over for Alfonso Gomez-Rejon as helmer. Shooting kicks off early next year in New York City.
Allan Loeb penned the script about a Manhattan advertising executive (Smith) who experiences a personal tragedy. When his colleagues devise an unconventional plan to break him out of his depression, it ends up backfiring. [Source: The Wrap]
Live By Night
"Bosch" and "Argo" star Titus Welliver is set to play a powerful mobster in the prohibition-era crime drama "Live By Night" at Warner Bros. Pictures. Chris Messina, Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldana, Elle Fanning, Max Casella, Scott Eastwood, Anthony Michael Hall and Chris Cooper will co-star.
Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, Affleck plays the son of a prominent police captain who enters a world of organized crime that takes him from Boston to Florida and Havana.
Helen Mirren is in negotiations to join Will Smith in the drama "Collateral Beauty" for New Line. David Frankel is taking over for Alfonso Gomez-Rejon as helmer. Shooting kicks off early next year in New York City.
Allan Loeb penned the script about a Manhattan advertising executive (Smith) who experiences a personal tragedy. When his colleagues devise an unconventional plan to break him out of his depression, it ends up backfiring. [Source: The Wrap]
Live By Night
"Bosch" and "Argo" star Titus Welliver is set to play a powerful mobster in the prohibition-era crime drama "Live By Night" at Warner Bros. Pictures. Chris Messina, Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldana, Elle Fanning, Max Casella, Scott Eastwood, Anthony Michael Hall and Chris Cooper will co-star.
Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, Affleck plays the son of a prominent police captain who enters a world of organized crime that takes him from Boston to Florida and Havana.
- 12/2/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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