Lehane says he enjoyed working with Affleck, who also wrote the screenplay and produced. Can Coughlin truly step away from his gangster life? A man who seeks a life away from violence, Coughlin will find that problems from his past won’t easily let him live the life he wants. The son of a former policeman and a war veteran himself, Coughlin dominates the illegal rum trade, bringing him into conflict with people on both sides of the law. “Live by Night” tells the story of small-time hood Joe Coughlin who escapes trouble in Boston to become a gangland king in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida during 1920s Prohibition. Now, Affleck directs and stars in the screen adaptation of Lehane’s 2012 novel “Live by Night.” Affleck directs and stars “Gone Baby Gone” was Lehane’s first collaboration with director Ben Affleck. Lehane has also written episodes of seminal crime series such as “The Wire” and “Boardwalk Empire.” The first four are based on Lehane’s novels while “The Drop” is based on his short story, “Animal Rescue,” with Lehane himself providing the screenplay. The 51-year-old American fictionist has seen his writing adapted into four full-length movies: “Mystic River” (2003), “Gone Baby Gone” (2007), “Shutter Island” (2010) and “The Drop” (2014). “I grew up memorizing the movies I loved.” “The little kid in me always loved it,” he tells the Inquirer in an exclusive phone interview. It’s Dennis Lehane’s fifth work to be adapted.įor a guy who is about to see the fifth film based on his work crash into movie screens, Dennis Lehane remains excited by the prospect of seeing his creations transformed into a movie.

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