Warner Bros. has slated Ben Affleck’s adaptation of LIVE BY NIGHT for a limited release on Christmas Day, Variety reports. The film is now eligible for awards season consideration, while the book made Harper’s list of must-read books being turned into movies.
And that’s not all! The Hollywood Reporter names Dennis as one of Hollywood’s Top 10 Most Powerful Authors in a roundup here. THR reports, “Lehane’s writing has become catnip for A-list talent (think Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood). As for why he gravitates toward the darker side of the human spirit, the 51-year-old married father of two is somewhat baffled. ‘I don’t know. Stephen King has a great line: “I have the heart of a small boy. It is in a glass jar on my desk,”‘ he says. ‘Maybe it’s something like that. That, to me, is where the drama lies.'”
