The Pale Blue Eye: Netflix unveils a poster for Poe thriller starring Christian Bale

Antlers director Scott Cooper‘s serial killer thriller The Pale Blue Eye, which includes legendary writer Edgar Allan Poe among its cast of characters, is set to receive a limited theatrical release on December 23rd, before moving to the Netflix streaming service on January 6th. With the film’s release just over a month away, Netflix has unveiled a poster that includes a nod to one of Poe’s most popular stories, The Tell-Tale Heart. You can take a look at the poster at the bottom of this article.

Based on a novel by Louis Bayard (pick up a copy HERE), The Pale Blue Eye will follow the attempt to solve a series of murders that took place in 1830 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Christian Bale will play a veteran detective who investigates the murders, helped by a detail-oriented young cadet who will later become a world famous author, Edgar Allan Poe.

Harry Melling (The Queen’s Gambit) plays Poe. He and Christian Bale (The Dark Knight) are joined in the cast by Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), Toby Jones (First Cow), Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody), Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist), Harry Lawtey (Industry), Simon McBurney (Carnival Row), Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Hadley Robinson (Moxie), Joey Brooks (Molly’s Game), Brennan Keel Cook (Encounter), Gideon Glick (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Fred Hechinger (The White Lotus), Matt Helm (The Tragedy of Macbeth), Steven Maier (The Plot Against America), Charlie Tahan (Ozark), and the great Robert Duvall (The Godfather).

Cooper and Bale produced The Pale Blue Eye with John Lesher and Tyler Thompson. 

Are you looking forward to watching The Pale Blue Eye? What do you think of the poster? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below. I haven’t read Bayard’s novel yet, but I have been looking forward to the movie ever since it was first announced, so I’m glad the release date is drawing so near.