Netflix has piā¦cked up the upcoming horror thriller The Pale Blue Eye starring Christian Bale, paying $55 million for the title, reports. This is š°thought to be a record for a worldwide deal at the European Film Market.
The movie follows the attempt toš solve a series of murders that took place in 1830 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Bale will play a veteran detective who investigates the murders, helped by a young cadet who will later become a world-famous author – Edgar Allan Poe (there's no word yet on who will play Poe).
Directed by Scott Cooper, The Pale Blue Eye will see the actor and director re-team after Bale starred in Hostiles, Cooper's 2017 Western, alongside Rosamund Pike and Jesse Plemons. The pair also worked together on crime drama ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:Out of the Furnace in 2015. Cooper penned the script for The Pale Bluš¤Ŗe Eye, too, which is an adaptation of ā Louis Bayard's novel of the same name.
The movie is due to shoot in the fall. after Bale has finished his work on the ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:upcoming untitled David O Russell movie and ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:Thor: Love And Thunder, both of which are currently in production.
This isn't Netflix's only recent big acquisition – the streaming platform recently paid a record $18 million for the US rights to ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:upcoming Liam Neeson flick, The Ice Road, as well as splashing out on ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:Colin Firth-led World War II drama Operation Mincemeat.
While we wait for The Pale Blue Eye to hit the streamer, check out our list of the ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:best Netflix movies to watch right now.
