Not only did he become one of the most acclaimed Hollywood actors by critics and audiences, but he is also one of the most requested by filmmakers for their new projects. And it is that Christian bale He doesn’t mess around when it comes to appearing on screen because each character he plays is unusual, characteristic and forever remembered in the history of cinema.
The Academy Crimes (The Pale Blue Eye) is the upcoming mystery film that boasts an unusual bond with gothic horror’s most celebrated literary figure. It’s not adapting one of his creepy tales; in reality he presumes it as a character immersed in a macabre fictional story about murders. Here, Edgar Allan Poe is the young student of a military school who will help a seasoned investigator, played by Christian balein search of the criminal.
This week, Netflix revealed the first images of the film, among which is the actor of the knight of the night dressed in a 19th century costume, located in a gloomy and nebulous place. Will the murderer be close?
The movie The Pale Blue Eye is based on the 2006 novel of the same name, written by the American author louis bayard. The plot revolves around a cadet from the United States Military Academy, named Edgar Allan Poe, who is called to assist the veteran detective Augustus Landor (Bale) on the occasion of a series of homicides that cast a shadow over that year of 1830.
Scott Cooper is the director and screenwriter of this film adaptation, which is also the first thriller in his filmography. To date, his credits boast a diversity of genres ranging from musical, crime drama, horror and western. His last movie in theaters was antlers (or Dark Spirits), which counted the production of the Mexican William of the Bull.
Via The Pale Blue Eye, Cooper worked for the third time with Christian bale. Their previous collaborations led to the feature films Hostiles: American Violence (2017) and The law of the strongest (2013).
And who embodies the fictional version of the poet responsible for ‘The Raven’? The chosen actor was Harry Melling, who the fans of Harry Potter better remember as the annoying cousin dudley, but in any case, he has managed to diversify his career. Melling comes from acting The tragedy of Macbeth (2021), from Joe Coen, and in the acclaimed miniseries queen’s gambit (2020), along with Anya Taylor-Joy.
The Pale Blue Eye It will arrive in the Netflix catalog on January 6, 2023. Its cast is complemented by Gillian Anderson, Robert Duvall, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Timothy Spall and Toby Jones. On the other hand, before investigating crimes together with Edgar Allan Poe, Christian bale returned to theaters in 2022 as the antagonist of the MCU movie Thor: Love and Thunder, directed by Taika Waititi. He is also stellar in amsterdamthe new period drama from the director David O. Russell, where he shares credits with margot robbie Y John David Washington.
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First images of Christian Bale in the film inspired by Edgard Allan Poe