Final trailer for Ben Affleck's 'Live by Night' could enter the Best Picture race at the upcoming Academy Awards

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By Darian Scalamoni

            The final trailer for Ben Affleck’s upcoming gangster film, Live by Night has been released and it is by far the best trailer the movie has had thus far. Based on the novel of the same name, the movie stars Affleck as Joe Coughlin, a WWI vet and son of a Boston Police Deputy Superintendent who works as a criminal who goes by his own moral code operating in the waters of Prohibition-era Miami.

            This movie looks tremendous, I’m even more confident in it based on this trailer as it is the best one I’ve seen for the film so far. Not only is Affleck starring but he’s also writing and directing in which he has a great track record with both jobs. The current Batman is two for two behind the camera as he’s won Academy Awards for writing and producing Good Will Hunting and Argo respectively. He could have another hit on his hands with Live by Night and with its awards-qualifying release date. The trailer has such a stylized tone and embraces the jazz age thanks to the gorgeous cinematography from Robert Richardson who has worked on every Tarantino movie since Kill Bill Vol. 1.

            Watch the final trailer for Live by Night below! In addition to Affleck, the movie also stars Elle Fanning, Brendan Gleeson, Chris Messina, Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldana and Chris Cooper. The movie opens in limited released on December 28^th and expands worldwide on January 13^th.