‘The Pale Blue Eye’: 'Antlers' Director's New Film Adds Gillian Anderson, Fred Hechinger, Robert Duvall & More

Director Scott Cooper‘s (Antlers) next film, The Pale Blue Eye, has added some new faces. The film is based on a novel by the same name written by Louis Bayard. Christian Bale will star in the film alongside Harry Melling (“The Queen’s Gambit”) who plays Edgar Allan Poe and will head exclusively to Netflix.

Now Deadline has discovered that Gillian Anderson (The Crown), Lucy Boynton (Apostle), Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist), Toby Jones (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom), Harry Lawtey (Industry), Simon McBurney (Carnival Row), Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Hadley Robinson (Moxie), Joey Brooks (Molly’s Game), Brennan Cook (Encounter), Gideon Glick (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Fred Hechinger (Fear Street Trilogy), Matt Helm (The Tragedy of Macbeth), Steven Maier (The Plot Against America), Charlie Tahan (Ozark) and Robert Duvall (The Judge) have been added to the cast.

The film is a Gothic thriller that Cooper has reportedly been trying to make for over a decade. The Pale Blue Eye “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.”

This will mark Bale‘s third collaboration with Cooper, having preiviously worked together on films Hostiles and Out of the Furnace. Bale is producing and playing the detective at the center of The Pale Blue Eye. There is currently no info on the roles the film’s new cast members will play. However, be sure to follow ScaryNerd and we will keep you updated as this story develops.

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