The Pale Blue Eye Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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.

Plot

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Plot

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).

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Pale Blue Eye.

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  Christian Bale

  The Bride!, The Dark Knight Rises

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  Harry Melling

  The Old Guard, The Devil All the Time

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  Gillian Anderson

  The Salt Path, White Bird

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  Lucy Boynton

  Locked Down, Bohemian Rhapsody

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  Charlotte Gainsbourg

  Nymphomaniac: Part One, Every Thing Will Be Fine

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  Toby Jones

  The Actor, Mr Burton

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  Harry Lawtey

  Mr Burton, Joker: Folie à Deux

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  Simon McBurney

  The Actor, Nosferatu

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  Timothy Spall

  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I

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  Hadley Robinson

  The Boys in the Boat, Anyone But You

• B
  Brennan Keel Cook

  Take the Night

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  Gideon Glick

  Maestro

Crew Behind the Film

The The Pale Blue Eye behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Scott Cooper last directed Antlers and Hostiles. The film's writer Scott Cooper last wrote Hostiles and Out of the Furnace.

Director

Scott Cooper

Screenwriter

Scott Cooper

Producers

Christian Bale
Peter Chernin
Scott Cooper
John Lesher
Tyler Thompson

Production Details

What we know about the The Pale Blue Eye movie production.

Key Facts

• This is a project Scott Cooper has wanted to helm for more than a decade (5/1/2022).
• Based on the Louis Bayard novel of the same name.

Production Updates for The Pale Blue Eye

May 2022

Completed

Changed The Pale Blue Eye movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Dec 2021

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

Mar 2021

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Netflix has scooped the worldwide pre-buy rights for $55M.

Jan 2011

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

Jan 2011

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. No additional details available for this status.

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