‘The Pale Blue Eye’ – Images Give Us a First Look at Edgar Allan Poe in Christian Bale Movie

Christian Bale stars in the upcoming Netflix movie The Pale Blue Eye, directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Antlers) and based on the novel by Louis Bayard.

The Pale Blue Eye comes to select theaters on December 23, 2022, Netflix has announced this month, while the film will begin streaming on Netflix on January 6, 2023.

Christian Bale portrays retired detective Augustus Landor, tasked with investigating a series of murders. Check out brand new images below, courtesy of Vanity Fair today.

What’s particularly interesting about this project for horror fans is that Edgar Allan Poe is a central character in the story, and we recently learned that Harry Potter actor Harry Melling has been cast in the role of Poe. Melling, who recently appeared on “The Queen’s Gambit,” is perhaps best known for playing Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter film franchise.

Melling’s portrayal of Poe is teased in these brand new first-look images as well.

Gillian Anderson (The Crown), Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody), Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist), Toby Jones (First Cow), Harry Lawtey (Industry), Simon McBurney (Carnival Row), Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Hadley Robinson (Moxie), Joey Brooks (Molly’s Game), Brennan Cook (Encounter), Gideon Glick (Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Fred Hechinger (The White Lotus), Matt Helm (Tragedy of Macbeth), Steven Maier (The Plot Against America), Charlie Tahan (Ozark) and Robert Duvall (The Judge) also star.

“The film written and directed by Cooper is based on Louis Bayard’s 2006 novel of the same name—a Gothic thriller that he’s been looking to make for more than a decade. It centers on a young cadet the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe (Melling) and a series of murders that took place at the United States Military Academy, West Point, in 1830.”

Christian Bale is producing and playing the detective at the center of the film.