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The pressure of the stage is a universal truth, a crucible where art is forged in ego, ambition, and quiet desperation. The tradition stretches from the amphitheatres of Greece to the boards of the Globe and into every regional playhouse today.

Et Tu places this timeless conflict within a modern American theater, transforming a production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar into the backdrop for a darkly comedic psychological spiral. The film centers on Brent, a director portrayed with simmering intensity by Lou Diamond Phillips, who finds himself pushed to his professional and mental limits by a hopelessly flawed cast.

His solution to the problem is both shocking and grimly logical within the movie’s satirical world: if the actors cannot be fixed, they must be removed. The story posits that the old theatrical warning, “the show must go on,” is not merely a statement of resilience but a command that might demand a blood sacrifice.

Everyone who's ever trod the boards knows that Macbeth is the most cursed of all William Shakespeare's plays, but in the new black comedy thriller Et Tu, a production of Julius Caesar turns out to be no less ill-starred. In a new Collider-exclusive clip, director Brent takes his frustration out on his hapless props master. The film will premiere on digital and on-demand on July 25.

The film, which is named after Caesar's famous dying declaration, "Et tu, Brute?", centers around a woeful production that threatens to end in more mayhem and bloodshed than the Bard ever imagined. In the clip, Brent confronts his props master, Vicky (Jaclyn Mofid), wondering what the purpose of a props master even is, once everyone has their props and knows what to do with them. Before she can mount a defense, he relates that, on every production he's ever mounted, the props master...

Fresh off the release of his found footage film, Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project, writer and director Max Tzannes has another film hitting VOD this summer: Et Tu, a horror comedy about the hells of local theater.

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Brent (Phillips) is not a happy director. For weeks, he’s had to watch an awful play – his awful play. Adding insult to injury, he’s convinced his wife is having an affair with his idiot leading man. Fortunately for Brent, the theater’s Janitor (McDowell) has been mopping the stage long enough to know a dark secret that may help rid him of his troubles. That is, so long as he’s willing to get some blood on his hands.

In our exclusive clip, Brent confronts his leading man, knife in hand…

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Lou Diamond Phillips (Courage Under Fire), Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange), Isabella Blake-Thomas...

"For the good of the theatre..." Buffalo 8 has revealed an official trailer for an indie dark comedy called Et Tu, a reference to the classic line "Et tu, Brute?" from Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. The film is the first feature film directed by Max Tzannes, and it premiered back in 2023 at the Heartland Film Festival. After making this, he went on to direct the meta bigfoot movie Found Footage: Patterson Project. Both films are just now releasing back-to-back this summer. A director is driven to madness during a regional production of Julius Caesar. Every night for the past three weeks Brent has had to watch an awful play; his awful play, along with a small audience of local patrons in an old theater you've never heard of. Fortunately for Brent, that old theater you've never heard of, employs a Janitor who's been mopping the stage for a very long time...

Lou Diamond Phillips stars as a homicidal stage director tempted to give in to his killer instincts in the new trailer for Et Tu.

Et Tu releases on Digital from Buffalo 8 on July 25, 2025.

“Brent is not a happy director. For weeks, he’s had to watch an awful play – his awful play. Adding insult to injury, he’s convinced his wife is having an affair with his idiot leading man. Fortunately for Brent, the theater’s janitor has been mopping the stage long enough to know a dark secret that may help rid him of his troubles. That is, so long as he’s willing to get some blood on his hands.”

The new trailer below injects pitch-black comedy in a psychological thriller, introducing Phillips’ Brent at his wits end with his cast during a production of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Based on the title, betrayal feels inevitable. And deadly.

Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later is now playing in theaters and M3GAN 2.0 is joining it on the big screen this coming Friday, but sandwiched in between those two major studio releases are a handful of new horror movies this week. Beginning with Six of them today alone.

Here’s all the new horror that released on Tuesday, June 24, 2025!

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Melding cat-and-mouse horror with medical thrillers, Pins and Needles hit VOD today.

In Pins and Needles, “What should have been an uneventful ride back to campus unexpectedly becomes a nightmare as Max, a diabetic biology grad student, is entrapped in a diabolical new-age wellness experiment. And her insulin supply is dwindling…

“Max is forced into a deadly game of cat and mouse where she must escape at all costs or risk becoming the next test subject to extend...

There's a lot going on in Max Tzannes' Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project. A faux-documentary comedy about an indie film crew shooting a found footage movie becomes a “real” supernatural horror setup. It's a meta-horror Gobstopper, but the transition between layers can be jarring. With minimal resources and a tight ninety minutes, Found Footage tries to be an all-encompassing and scary industry satire—it's just soft, safe, and baseline amusing.

Brennan Keel Cook stars as an uber-confident filmmaker (Chase) with dreams of producing the world's greatest found footage horror novelty. The subtitle "Patterson Project" references Roger Patterson's now-infamous footage of Bigfoot, also known as the Patterson-Gimlin tape. Chase's foolproof idea is to shoot a handheld-style Bigfoot movie and get noticed by Blumhouse, as many indie horror filmmakers have foolishly fantasized. Instead, Chase's crew unknowingly unleashes a haunting in his partner Natalie's (Erika Vetter) family timeshare...

Cryptid fans, get ready, because there’s a new Bigfoot movie on the horizon. Directed by Max Tzannes and co-written by Tzannes and David San Miguel, Found Footage: The Making Of The Patterson Project is a horror-comedy mockumentary about an ill-fated film crew’s attempts to make their own found footage movie about Sasquatch himself. But, as you can imagine, it doesn’t quite go to plan.

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Found Footage is a mockumentary horror movie about a budding filmmaker’s attempt to produce his first feature, a found footage movie about Bigfoot. Through the eyes of an esteemed French documentary crew, the story follows his unlikely band of misfits as they struggle to keep the production afloat on a shoestring budget. All the while, mysterious and sinister occurrences begin to unfold behind the scenes, blurring the lines between movie magic and real life. As the shoot days get longer and scarier,...

Directed by Max Tzannes, “Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project” (2025) is a mockumentary that follows an amateur filmmaker’s journey to make a found-footage horror film about Bigfoot. The genre, by definition, is about blurring the lines between fiction and reality. It allows the audience to enter a world within a world and to scrutinize the nature of everything they see on the screen. Within that narrative, Tzannes introduces found footage horror, another genre known for a similar effect. It relies on our suspension of disbelief and impacts only when we believe in its facade. Whether it’s “The Blair Witch Project” or any of its successors, these films depend on making us believe in their facade — that it is ‘discovered’ footage, not a designed one.

Tzannes utilizes their interconnectedness in his mockumentary that starts on a note eerily similar to Chris Smith’s “American Movie.” Smith’s...

"We're making a movie right now!" Vertical has unveiled a clever official trailer for an indie horror creation called Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project, from filmmaker Max Tzannes. A crew of documentarians chronicle an amateur filmmaker's quest to try to make the world's greatest found footage horror film. This is set for release in theaters and on VOD together starting in June this summer. Nothing like a classic bigfoot movie! And don't forget about the brilliant Sasquatch Sunset from last year. Starring Brennan Keel Cook, Dean Cameron, Chen Tang, Erika Vetter, and others. The horror filmmakers Radio Silence are also presenting this new meta "found footage" horror film this summer. Tzannes' Found Footage is a mockumentary horror movie about a budding filmmaker's attempt to produce his first feature, a found footage movie about Bigfoot, only to discover he's literally in a very real horror movie. It's nice...

A budding filmmaker attempts to produce his first feature, a found footage movie about Bigfoot, in the upcoming meta mockumentary Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project, and Bloody Disgusting is exclusively debuting the official trailer today.

The subversive mockumentary is produced by Tyler Friesen with Radio Silence – the team behind the most recent films in the Scream franchise, Scream and Scream VI.

Drawing inspiration from Christopher Guest-style comedies like This is Spinal Tap and found footage classics like The Blair Witch Project, Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project will be released in theaters by Vertical on June 20 and digitally on June 24.

Watch the official trailer below and read on for everything you need to know!

Directed by Max Tzannes, Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project is a mockumentary horror film about a budding filmmaker’s attempt to produce a found footage movie about Bigfoot.

Vertical has acquired North American, U.K. and Ireland distribution rights to Max Tzannes’ horror-comedy film “Found Footage: The Making of The Patterson Project.” Directed and written by Tzannes and co-written by David San Miguel, “Found Footage” features editing and cinematography from Jacob Souza — together, the three make up the Dirty Shot Clean film collective.

“Dirty Shot Clean was thrilled to collaborate with filmmakers whose genre-bending movies have had such a profound influence on our work,” said Tzannes in a statement. “We wanted to tell a story that celebrates and subverts the found footage tropes we all know and love, while also poking fun at the terrifying experience of making an independent horror film.”

According to a synopsis, “Found Footage” follows “a crew of acclaimed documentarians as they chronicle a young filmmaker’s quest to create the world’s greatest found footage horror film.” Inspired by films like “This is Spinal Tap...

Spoiler alert: The following article contains spoilers from The Rookie season 7, episode 2, "The Watcher."

The Rookie season 7 got off to a semi-decent start during its premiere, but luckily its second episode shows improvement, suggesting it will only get better as time passes. Alexi Hawley's police procedural drama has come a long way since its first season. Whereas Nathan Fillion's John Nolan was one of the first-year police officers at the show's beginning, he is now one of the training officers teaching new rookies. However, even as a To, Nolan is still very much learning.

The Rookie follows John Nolan, a small-town man who embarks on a new career as an LAPD officer after a life-changing event. As the force's oldest rookie, Nolan faces skepticism from superiors who view his pursuit as a midlife crisis.

Release Date October 16, 2018Rating TV-14Genres Drama, Comedy, CrimeNetwork ABCCast Melissa O'Neil, Brennan Keel Cook,...

Quick Links A Life and Death Decision and a Moment’s Hesitation in 'The Rookie' The New Recruits in 'The Rookie' Season 7 and a Nuclear Decision

Season 7 of The Rookie premiered on ABC. After a Season 6 finale that found the station in a mess of corruption and a covert mission that ended in gunfire, consequences and uneasy decisions are the name of the day. New rookies are put under pressure as a nuclear weapon threatens to upend everything. And John’s response in the aftermath of his shooting may prove fatal.

In the Season 7 premiere of The Rookie, John (Nathan Fillion) assures everyone that he is okay. His shooting while trying to capture Monica Stevens has left little in the way of physical damage. However, it becomes clear early on that John is still dealing with some lingering issues. A new set of rookies prove to be problematic.

Although The Rookie is in its seventh season, it hasn't lost any momentum in terms of popularity and viewership. The ABC series has reached the #1 spot on the streaming service Hulu, showing that people are more invested than ever in the Nathan Fillion-led series. The police procedural drama has slowly grown in popularity as the story has evolved past Fillion's character being an older rookie, with the show introducing new recruits while showing the original rookies coming into their own as police officers.

The series, which was created by Alexi Hawley, was initially inspired by the true story of William Norcross before the series began to veer off into various other storylines. The rise to the top of the streaming charts undoubtedly has to do with the seventh season premiere on January 7. Titled "The Shot," the episode features plenty of high stakes while introducing new rookies. Season 6 of the series only had 10 episodes,...

Morena Baccarin stars in the action-thriller Fast Charlie alongside Pierce Brosnan, playing the ex-wife of a mobster caught in a deadly hunt for revenge. The film blends dark humor, fully-formed characters, and skillful action sequences to create an engrossing experience. Baccarin discusses her experience working with Brosnan and the challenges of crafting her unique character, as well as hints at her return in Deadpool 3 and negotiations for Greenland 2.

Morena Baccarin is a woman whose unfortunate past gets her wrapped up in a deadly journey in Fast Charlie. The Emmy nominee stars in the action-thriller as Marcie, the ex-wife of a low-level mobster trying to forge a new life for herself as a taxidermist. When the titular mob fixer takes a liking to her and finds himself caught in the hunt for revenge for the deaths of his crew, he enlists Marcie's help to take them down while also trying...

Director Phillip Noyce discusses what attracted him to Fast Charlie and how screenwriter Richard Wenk brought charm and humor to the story. Pierce Brosnan was Noyce's first choice for the role of Charlie due to his combination of icy coldness, gun skills, and comedic talent. Morena Baccarin joined the cast just before shooting began and formed a loving and trusting relationship with Brosnan, resulting in a magical on-screen performance.

Pierce Brosnan is a fixer out for revenge in Fast Charlie. Based on Victor Gischler's novel of the same name, the movie centers on the eponymous mob fixer and hitman whose easy life gets upended when a rival mob boss tries to make a play to take over power in their region, resulting in a quest to avenge the deaths of his friends.

Alongside Brosnan, the ensemble Fast Charlie cast includes Morena Baccarin, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Christopher Matthew Cook, Toby Huss,...

Pierce Brosnan drops his Irish elocution for a Southern twang in a breezy crime thriller with unexpected dark humor. Fast Charlie, adapted from the novel Gun Monkeys by Victor Gischler, has a hit man with a penchant for Italian cooking seeking vengeance after a ruthless competitor attacks his crew. The film also marks the final performance of legendary actor James Caan, who portrays Stan Mullen, a crime boss and Brosnan's surrogate father of sorts. Fast Charlie isn't extraordinary but has solid action, good cast chemistry, and enough macabre chuckles to warrant a recommendation.

In Biloxi, Mississippi, Charlie Swift (Brosnan) walks half-naked around a junkyard with his hands in the air. Charlie's voice-over narration starts the flashback to recount events leading to his dire predicament. Several weeks earlier, Charlie dons a suit and jumps in his Cadillac for a job. A well-dressed Charlie means that someone is about to be killed.

Pierce Brosnan plays a smooth-talking hitman in the action thriller Fast Charlie, based on the novel Gun Monkeys" by Victor Gischler. The story follows fixer Charlie Swift as he navigates a dangerous situation and finds himself in the crosshairs of a rival mob boss. Brosnan's upcoming movie combines his suave demeanor with fighting prowess, continuing his trend of memorable performances.

Pierce Brosnan plays a smooth-talking hitman in the bloody yet humorous Fast Charlie, and Screen Rant is pleased to present an exclusive clip from the movie. Based on the novel Gun Monkeys by Victor Gischler, the action thriller is directed by Phillip Noyce (Salt) from a screenplay by Richard Wenk (The Equalizer 3). The story is set in Mississippi and follows fixer Charlie Swift, who gets in over his head after a job gone wrong and finds himself in the crosshairs of a rival mob boss.

Fast Charlie stars Gbenga Akinnagbe...

It’s the first week of a new year, and 2023 is going to be absolutely loaded with new horror. As always, we’ll be providing you with week-by-week previews of what’s being released.

Let’s get right into things, shall we?

Here are the first four horror releases of 2023, which are all out Now!

The 2023 horror season kicks off with the critically acclaimed M3GAN (read Meagan’s review), which is now playing in theaters. The premise? It’s essentially Annabelle meets Terminator!

M3GAN is a marvel of artificial intelligence, a life-like doll programmed to be a child’s greatest companion and a parent’s greatest ally. Designed by brilliant toy-company roboticist Gemma (Get Out’s Allison Williams), M3GAN can listen and watch and learn as she becomes friend and teacher, playmate and protector, for the child she is bonded to.

When Gemma suddenly becomes the caretaker of her orphaned 8-year-old niece,...

Antlers director Scott Cooper‘s serial killer thriller The Pale Blue Eye, which includes legendary writer Edgar Allan Poe among its cast of characters, received a limited theatrical release on December 23rd, and is now set to reach the Netflix streaming service this Friday, January 6th. With its Netflix debut so close, this seemed like a good time to share a batch of character posters that offer a look at the characters that Christian Bale (The Dark Knight), Harry Melling (The Queen’s Gambit), Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody), and the great Robert Duvall (The Godfather) play in the film. You can check those out at the bottom of this article.

Based on a novel by Louis Bayard (pick up a copy Here), The Pale Blue Eye has the following synopsis: West Point, 1830. In the early hours of a gray winter morning, a cadet is found dead. But...

The Pale Blue Eye is a macabre-style thriller that tells the tale of a young Edgar Allan Poe and a brilliant detective named Augustus Landor. It is filled with twists and turns as the mystery unravels in truly surprising ways. Fans can see this film in theaters now, and it will be able to stream on Netflix starting January 6.

When the body of a young West Point cadet is discovered on a cold, foggy morning in 1830, The Pale Blue Eye follows veteran detective Landor is tasked with the job of investigating. He recruits the help of a man with eyes on the inside, another young cadet who will go on to become the famous poet Edgar Allan Poe. Things are never quite what they seem in the film, so several viewings may be required.

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Screen Rant spoke with The Pale Blue Eye...

This week is not only the first week of winter, officially beginning on December 21st, but the week is also capped off by Christmas Day on Sunday, December 25th. As you might imagine, it’s not exactly going to be a big week for new movie releases, with James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water likely dominating any and all movie conversations these next several days.

And don’t forget that Tommy Wirkola’s Christmas genre movie Violent Night is also still playing in theaters through Christmas, the film thus far slaying its way to 55 million worldwide!

What about New genre movies for the week, you ask? Well, there are only four new ones remaining for the entire rest of the year, so let’s take a look at those in one fell swoop.

Here’s all the new horror arriving December 19 – December 31, 2022!

First up, Cinedigm, Bloody Disgusting, and...

Christian Bale plays an 1830s detective tasked with solving a series of grisly, possibly cult-related murders in Netflix’s ice-cold thriller, “The Pale Blue Eye.” Watch the first trailer above.

Scott Cooper’s film, which the streamer acquired last year in a 55 million deal, takes place at West Point Academy, a military training school. When a cadet turns up dead, its leadership turns to Augustus Landor (Bale) for help – a local detective who, if rumors are true, “once elicited a confession with nothing more than a piercing look”.

The trailer opens on a wintry landscape, where Landor contemplates the crime at hand – a soldier has been hanged, with his heart expertly cut out from his chest.

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Christian Bale reunites with his Out of the Furnace director, Scott Cooper, for a new Netflix film that uncovers the origins of Edgar Allen Poe. Cooper is a director that likes to emphasize atmosphere in his movies, helming films such as Crazy Heart and Black Mass; none of his movies are picturesque nor glamorous. “We are all influenced by our surroundings, our atmosphere, the environments in which we live,” the director says as he takes a similar approach with his new gothic film, The Pale Blue Eye.

The official Netflix synopsis for the film reads,

“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,...

"I believe the dead haunt us because we love them too little." Netflix has unveiled the full official trailer for The Pale Blue Eye, the second Edgar Allen Poe film this year about when he was at West Point. (Along with Raven's Hollow on Shudder.) It opens first in theaters later in December before playing on Netflix in January. Set at 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. The film stars Christian Bale as Landor and Harry Melling as Poe, with Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Simon McBurney, Hadley Robinson, Timothy Spall, Brennan Cook, plus Charlie Tahan, and Robert Duvall. This is a damn fine trailer,...

A “gripping whodunit that’s also an Edgar Allan Poe origin story,” Netflix‘s The Pale Blue Eye first comes to select theaters on December 23, 2022, while the film will begin streaming on Netflix on January 6, 2023. The Pale Blue Eye was directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Antlers) and stars Christian Bale alongside Harry Melling as Edgar Allan Poe.

Christian Bale portrays retired detective Augustus Landor, tasked with investigating a series of murders. At the center of the murder-mystery is none other than Edgar Allan Poe.

Watch Netflix’s official trailer for The Pale Blue Eye below, brand new today.

Harry Melling, who recently appeared on “The Queen’s Gambit,” is perhaps best known for playing Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter film franchise.

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...

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 film’s release just over a month away, Netflix has unveiled a poster that includes a nod to one of Poe’s most popular stories, The Tell-Tale Heart. You can take a look at the poster at the bottom of this article.

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,...

A “gripping whodunit that’s also an Edgar Allan Poe origin story,” Netflix‘s The Pale Blue Eye first comes to select theaters on December 23, 2022, while the film will begin streaming on Netflix on January 6, 2023. The Pale Blue Eye was directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Antlers) and stars Christian Bale alongside Harry Melling as Edgar Allan Poe.

Christian Bale portrays retired detective Augustus Landor, tasked with investigating a series of murders. Check out another fresh look at Bale in the film via the official poster below.

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.

Gillian Anderson...

Netflix has just dropped the chilling new teaser for the horror flick “The Pale Blue Eye”.

The upcoming film will see Christian Bale’s Augustus Landor, who is a veteran detective, team up with a young cadet, who eventually goes on to become the world-famous author Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling), to solve a series of grisly murders.

“The Pale Blue Eye”: (L to R) Christian Bale as Augustus Landor and Harry Melling as Edgar Allen Poe. — Scott Garfield/Netflix © 2022

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A synopsis reads, “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...

The Pale Blue Eye Trailer — Scott Cooper‘s The Pale Blue Eye (2022) teaser trailer has been released by Netflix. The Pale Blue Eye trailer stars Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Simon McBurney, Hadley Robinson, Timothy Spall, Brennan Cook, Charlie Tahan, and Robert Duvall. Crew Name wrote [...]

Continue reading: The Pale Blue Eye (2022) Teaser Trailer: Detective Christian Bale investigates a Murder at West Point...

The teaser trailer for Netflix’s The Pale Blue Eye features Harry Melling as Edgar Allan Poe and Christian Bale as a detective who turns to Poe for help solving a murder. The Pale Blue Eye is based on the book by Louis Bayard and is not inspired by true events, even though the plot seems plausible.

Joining Bale and Melling are Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Simon McBurney, Hadley Robinson, and Timothy Spall. Joey Brooks, Brennan Cook, Gideon Glick, Fred Hechinger, Matt Helm, Jack Irving, Steven Maier, Charlie Tahan, and Robert Duvall also star.

Scott Cooper adapted and directed The Pale Blue Eye which reunites the award-winning filmmaker with his Out of the Furnace and Hostiles star Christian Bale. Cooper, Bale, Tyler Thompson, and John Lesher produce, and Tracey Landon, Dylan Weathered, Louis Bayard, Chris Sharp, Jennifer Lamb, Emily Salveson, and Ryan Smith executive produce.

Yesterday, we got our hands on a batch of first look images from Antlers director Scott Cooper‘s serial killer thriller The Pale Blue Eye, which includes legendary writer Edgar Allan Poe among its cast of characters. Now a teaser trailer for The Pale Blue Eye has arrived online to give us a glimpse of the film’s characters in action – and to offer a look at some nice cinematography. You can check it out in the embed above.

The Pale Blue Eye is set to receive a limited theatrical release on December 23rd, before moving to the Netflix streaming service on January 6th.

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,...

Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for Christian Bale's latest, "The Pale Blue Eye," which also represents another collaboration for him with director Scott Cooper. Bale, who is coming off of this summer's "Thor: Love and Thunder," previously worked with Cooper on movies like "Out of the Furnace" and "Hostiles." This time? They're headed back to the 1800s for a mystery that ties into the king of old-time gothic spookiness, Edgar Allan Poe.

In this case, the legendary author behind "The Raven" and "The Masque of the Red Death" is played by Harry Melling, of "The Queen's Gambit" fame. So, how is it that Poe crosses paths with a man trying to solve a murder? Let's have a look-see.

Bale Meets Poe In The Pale Blue Eye Trailer

This is very much just a teaser in the true sense of the word. We get very little sense of the story at hand,...

"Down, down, down came the hot thrashing flurry. Darkest night, black with hell-charneled fury. Leaving only… that deathly pale blue eye.?" Whoa! Netflix has revealed a teaser for The Pale Blue Eye, the second Edgar Allen Poe film out this year about his time as a cadet at West Point. (The other is Raven's Hollow on Shudder.) They're releasing this one in theaters just in time for Christmas this December, but it won't be on Netflix until early January in the New Year - not too long from now. Set at 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. The film stars Christian Bale as Landor + Harry Melling as Poe, Gillian Anderson,...

Coming soon to Netflix is The Pale Blue Eye, directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Antlers) and starring Christian Bale alongside Harry Melling as Edgar Allan Poe.

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. Watch the official teaser trailer for The Pale Blue Eye down below.

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.

Gillian Anderson (The Crown), Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody), Charlotte Gainsbourg...

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...

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.

Netflix has provided us with our first look at Christian Bale in their upcoming movie The Pale Blue Eye, directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Antlers) and based on the novel by Louis Bayard. Additionally, Netflix has announced a 2022/2023 release date for the film.

The Pale Blue Eye comes to select theaters on December 23, 2022, Netflix has announced this morning, 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 your first look at Bale in the upcoming thriller above.

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...

Just a few days following the report that Shane Paul McGhie would be stepping in for Skylan Brooks in the upcoming Suretone Pictures-Lionsgate horror film Creepers, Deadline is once again reporting new cast members will be making their way to the project. Brennan Keel Cook and newcomer Cat Shank are the latest additions to the growing cast of the film, which is currently filming in Bulgaria.

Exclusive: Brennan Keel Cook (The Pale Blue Eye) and newcomer Cat Shank are the latest additions to the cast of Suretone Pictures and Lionsgate’s horror film Creepers, marking the feature debut of veteran music video and commercial director Marc Klasfeld. They join an ensemble which also includes the previously announced Jake Manley, Adeline Rudolph, Francesca Reale, Laurence O’Fuarain, Nicholas Hamilton, Javier Botet, Kai Caster and Shane Paul McGhie.

The film currently in production in Bulgaria is based on the bestselling book of the same name by David Morrell, which Stephen Susco adapted for the screen. It tells the story of a group of young urban explorers who plan to investigate an old, boarded-up, seemingly abandoned hotel, only to encounter danger at every turn in the form of a competing group of hostile urban explorers seeking to find a legendary hidden treasure – as well as a supernatural being who wreaks havoc on all.

Suretone Pictures and Lionsgate are co-financing Suretone’s adventure/horror film Creepers, based on the bestselling 2005 book of the same name by David Morrell, and today we’ve got some updated casting news to share. Deadline is reporting that Shane Paul McGhie (What Men Want) has joined the cast, taking over the role Skylan Brooks had been set to play.

Update – 8/24/22 – 3pm Est: Deadline reports that Brennan Keel Cook (The Pale Blue Eye) and newcomer Cat Shank have also signed on to star in Creepers.

Creepers is the story of a group of young urban explorers who plan to investigate an old, boarded up, seemingly abandoned hotel, only to encounter danger at every turn in the form of a competing group of hostile urban explorers seeking to find a legendary hidden treasure as well as a supernatural being who wreaks havoc on all.

Deadline notes, “McGhie will play Vernon, the fourth Creeper in the group,...

The novel The Pale Blue Eye, written by Louis Bayard, is coming to Netflix courtesy of director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Antlers), with Christian Bale set to star in the film.

We don’t yet have a date for The Pale Blue Eye‘s premiere on Netflix, but the movie’s official MPA rating was just handed in this week. The film has been rated “R” for…

“Some violent content and bloody images.”

Stay tuned for more as we learn it.

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.

Gillian Anderson (The Crown), Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody...

“Prank kidnapping” is one of those concepts so inherently alarm-triggering, one fully expects the phrase to be followed by “gone wrong” — which indeed is the case in “Take the Night,” a first feature for writer-director-producer-star Seth McTigue. This solid little thriller does a good job balancing character drama and suspense elements, its smooth craftsmanship belying the creator’s newbie status in multiple creative roles. Saban Films is opening the film on seven U.S. screens July 8, though it’s more likely to find its audience via release to digital and on demand platforms on July 12.

A prologue introduces Robert Chang (Sami Li), a serious-minded youth who’s the new CEO of multinational corporation Chang Import following his father’s death. That promotion is a notable sore spot for older brother William (Roy Huang), who was pointedly passed over — and one can see why, since he’s bratty and irresponsible, as well as resentful.

"I thought we were all in this together!" Saban Films has revealed an official trailer for a film titled Take the Night, described as an "edgy crime thriller." This one marks the feature debut of an up-and-coming filmmaker named Seth McTigue. It's landing on VOD to watch starting in July coming up soon this summer if anyone is interested. An embittered heir organizes a prank kidnapping of his younger brother on his birthday as he prepares to inherit the family fortune. However, the criminals the older man has hired to do the job are more cunning than he imagined and are about to reveal their master plan. Sounds like they'll end up more trouble than they expected! Will the brothers be able to put aside their rivalry? The film stars Seth McTigue, Roy Huang, Brennan Keel Cook, Sam Li, Shomari Love, Antonio Aaron, and Grace Serrano. This seems like it...

Scott Cooper directing from Gothic novel about 1830 West Point murders and Edgar Allan Poe.

Charlotte Gainsbourg, Timothy Spall, Gillian Anderson and Robert Duvall are among a torrent of actors to join previously announced Harry Melling and Christian Bale on Scott Cooper’s upcoming Gothic thriller The Pale Blue Eye for Netflix.

Lucy Boynton, Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Simon McBurney, Hadley Robinson, Joey Brooks, Brennan Keel Cook, Gideon Glick, Fred Hechinger, Matt Helm, Steven Maier, and Charlie Tahan also take their place among the ensemble.

The Pale Blue Eye is a project Cooper has wanted to make for more than a decade.

Motion Picture Exchange AFM Title

Exclusive: Motion Picture Exchange has acquired global sales rights to heist film Take the Night and will launch sales at the upcoming virtual American Film Market. Written and directed by Seth McTigue, starring are Sam Li, Roy Huang (The Offer), Grace Serrano (Thou Shalt Not Kill) and Brennan Keel Cook (Encounter). Pic is produced by Julien P. Bourgon, Franco Sama and Mark Heidelberger. In the film, a bitter heir organizes a kidnapping of his younger brother on his birthday unaware that the criminals he hired to do the job are more cunning than he imagined. “We are proud to be partnering with Seth on his feature directorial debut,” said Ryan Bury, SVP of Acquisitions and Sales for Mpx. “He has created a finely tuned, high octane film with an in-depth story and lots of twists and turns. He’s a talented young filmmaker that is one to watch.

New UK Sales Firm Strikes Slate Deal

Exclusive: New UK sales firm Mise En Scene has set a distribution deal with New York and European distributor Spi International which includes all six of the company’s first titles. Spi has picked up non-exclusive rights to What Lies Ahead, starring Rumer Willis and Emma Dumont; I Wrote This For You with Brennan Keel Cook; Eating Cars starring Lexi Pappas, Lauren Ashley Carter; Super November, starring Josie Long, Sean Biggerstaff and Heydon Prowse; Synchronicity, starring Sara Mitich and Ash Catherwood; and Reach, starring Garrett Clayton, Jordan Doww and Johnny James Fiore. London-based Mise En Scene was launched last March by Paul Yates and Netto Fernandes. Spi International and its aggregation service FilmBox operates a portfolio of 42 TV channels and digital services in multiple countries.

Crackle Plus Takes South African Feature

Exclusive: AVOD platform Crackle Plus has picked up rights to South African...

Exclusive: UK sales firm The Mise En Scene Company launches this week ahead of the virtual AFM with a slate including thriller What Lies Ahead starring Rumer Willis, Emma Dumont, Kelly Blatz and Katie Keene.

Based in London, the company will represent between 5 – 20 new low to mid-budget ($3-10M) films per year and will look to work on highbrow and mass appeal projects from known filmmakers and fresh voices. Co-founders are Netto Fernandes and Paul S.L. Yates.

Yates was formerly a communications exec in Scotland, then moved on to acquisitions at genre sales firm DevilWorks. Fernandes has experience as a media director and theatre producer in his native Brazil.

Directed by Rob Gardner, What Lies Ahead was written by William J. Viglione and produced by Gardner, Viglione and Joe Michael Burke. The completed film follows the tensions between two young women who are...

’The Child Remains’ sees an expectant couple’s holiday turn to terror.

UK genre sales outfit Devilworks has added two new titles to its slate ahead of the Marché du Film in Cannes next month (May 14-23).

The company has acquired international rights to Michael Melski’s The Child Remains. Produced by Craig Cameron and Melski under Malefic Films and co-produced by Telefilm Canada, the Canadian film follows an expectant couple’s weekend away that turns to terror.

Suzanne Clement, Allan Hawco and Shelley Thompson lead the cast.

It premiered at Atlantic International Film Festival in Canada in 2017, and is...