The Pale Blue Eye

 is an upcoming gothic horror thriller film written and directed by Scott Cooper. It is an adaptation of Louis Bayard’s 2006 novel of the same name.

Netflix has closed the deal at the European Film Market, for around $55 million for worldwide rights to the film.

By Deadline's calculations, the deal marks a record for a worldwide deal at the European Film Market.

Bale and Cooper with produce together with Birdman producer John Lesher and Cross Creek’s Tyler Thompson. The film is set to begin principal photography this fall after Bale's duties on Taika Waititi's Marvel movie Thor: Love And Thunder and the untitled David O Russell movie, both of which are currently in production.

Summary
"West Point, 1830. A world-weary detective is hired to discreetly investigate the gruesome murder of a cadet. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case — a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe."

- Netflix Official logline

"West Point, 1830. In the early hours of a gray winter morning, a cadet is found dead. But after the body arrives at the morgue, tragedy becomes savagery when it’s discovered that the young man’s heart has been skillfully removed. Fearing irreparable damage to the fledgling military academy, its leaders turn to a local detective, Augustus Landor (Christian Bale), to solve the murder. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, Landor enlists the help of one of their own to pursue the case, an eccentric cadet with a disdain for the rigors of the military and a penchant for poetry — a young man named Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling). Based on the novel by Louis Bayard, THE PALE BLUE EYE is directed by Scott Cooper and stars an acclaimed supporting cast, including Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Simon McBurney, Hadley Robinson, Timothy Spall and Robert Duvall."

- Netflix Official synopsis

"revolves around the attempt to solve a series of murders that took place in 1830 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point."

- Press Release

Cast and Characters

 * Christian Bale will play a detective investigating a series of murders at a 1830 military academy, helped by a young man later known as Edgar Allan Poe.
 * Harry Melling
 * Gillian Anderson