The Pale Blue Eye first look images show Christian Bale and co-stars in Poe thriller

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 release just a couple months away, and just in time for Halloween, Vanity Fair got their hands on a batch of first look images from the film. You can check those out at the bottom of this article, and click over to Vanity Fair to read quotes from their interviews with Cooper and the film’s star Christian Bale.

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 Bale 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. 

I haven’t read Bayard’s novel, but The Pale Blue Eye looks and sounds very interesting to me. I will definitely be watching it once it reaches Netflix. Let us know if you’re interested in the film by leaving a comment below – and check out the first look images while you’re scrolling down.