Sep 12, 2016 11:18 AM EDT By Shunie Pearl C. Dela Cruz, UniversityHerald Reporter

Ben Affleck's second directorial movie entitled "Live By Night" is coming soon thus, speculations are started to rain like cats and dogs. That includes the romance between Ben Affleck and Sienna Miller's characters in the movie. Another exciting thing to know is the "Live By Night released date" which has already confirmed to be on the first quarter of 2017.

 The sequel of the first Ben Affleck's first directorial movie "Gone By Gone "will finally make a wave in theaters by next year. "Live By Night" is a film adaptation of Dennis Lehane's crime drama novel starring Ben Affleck as the writer, director and star together with three well-known actresses Zoe Zaldana, Elle Fanning and Sienna Miller which according to the report of Cinema Blend, will be Affleck's main love interest in the movie. Brendan Gleeson and Chris Cooper are also among the cast of the upcoming movie.  

"Live By Night" is a movie where story revolves around the life of a police officer's son who transcends from bootlegger to a gangster during the Prohibition era in the 1920's. Affleck's character became Florida's notorious gangster because of his total rebellion from his upbringing. As a notorious gangster, he is involved in organizing crimes in an underground world.

The movie trailer is already out but the publication GQ revealed that it gives nothing about the plot details.  As a result, this gives full rise to several speculations about the movies. Questions also arise such as why are there so many explosions, why the gangster movie is set in Tampa and is there still a Lehane-Affleck magic spark?

According to Hollywood reporter, Affleck's directorial effort resulted to the winning of his film "Argo" in the Academy Awards or Oscar's in the year 2012. Live By Night is yet again hinting to be another Oscar contender for this year given Affleck's hard work and effort in the making of the film. "Live By Night" released date is confirmed and that would be on January 13, 2017.

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