The Pale Blue Eye is a 2022 mystery thriller film written and directed by Scott Cooper, adapted from the 2003 novel of the same name by Louis Bayard.
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 features an ensemble cast that includes Christian Bale and Harry Melling as Landor and Poe respectively, along with Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Simon McBurney, Timothy Spall, and Robert Duvall.
The Pale Blue Eye released is set to release in select theaters on December 23rd, and will release on Netflix on January 6th, 2023. Watch the official trailer below.