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Measuring end-of-life anxiety with an open heart if not the most disciplined head, science-fiction-tinged drama Omni Loop serves up a couple nice moments for its lead performers, but otherwise relies on a viewer’s offscreen feelings about mortality to supply its punch. The result, pleasant enough but frustratingly bland, exists in a soupy,...

When doctors tell Zoya Lowe (Mary-Louise Parker), the quantum physicist at the center of Omni Loop, that she has a black hole growing inside her chest and little time left to live, she seems oddly unfazed. A montage speeds us through the next few days of her life as she’s taken home from the hospital, then to the beach by her family, who surprise her with a candle-covered cake two weeks ahead of her actual birthday, which she likely won’t live to see.

Throughout each of those scenes, Zoya sits in the center of the frame, staring forward with a placid look on her face. It would be fair to assume that hers is a state of shock—the look of a woman who’s unable to process the finality, maybe even the absurdity, of her diagnosis. In truth, though, Zoya seems so unmoved because she’s seen all of this before.

After starring in five films and eleven TV series last year, Ayo Edebiri’s 2024 is just slightly less crazy. Following up The Bear and Inside Out 2 this summer, she’ll next be seen in Omni Loop, a sci-fi feature that premiered at SXSW earlier this year. Now set for a September 20 theatrical and digital release from Magnolia Pictures, the first trailer has arrived.

Written and directed by Bernardo Britto, the film follows a quantum physicist (Mary-Louise Parker) who finds herself stuck in a time loop, with a black hole growing in her chest and only a week to live. When she meets a gifted student (Edebiri), they team up to save her life – and to unlock the mysteries of time travel.

Also starring Hannah Pearl Utt, Chris Witaske, Carlos Jacott, Harris Yulin, Steven Maier, and Eddie Cahill, see the trailer and poster below.

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“Omni Loop” is a new live-action, science fiction comedy feature, directed by Bernando Britto, starring Ayo Edebiri, Mary-Louise Parker, Hannah Pearl Utt, Chris Witaske, Carlos Jacott, Harris Yulin, Steven Maier, and Eddie Cahill, opening September 20, 2024 in theaters:

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“Groundhog Day,” but make it about an inescapable terminal illness. In writer/director Bernardo Britto’s “Omni Loop,” Mary-Louise Parker plays a quantum physicist who learns she has only a week to live. Except she learns that many times over, and as she says in the trailer, “This has happened before. Many times.” IndieWire shares the exclusive trailer for “Omni Loop,” which premiered at SXSW and will hit theaters from Magnolia this fall, below.

Here’s the official synopsis: “A quantum physicist (Mary-Louise Parker) finds herself stuck in a time loop, with a black hole growing in her chest and only a week to live. When she meets a gifted student (Ayo Edebiri), they team up to save her life — and to unlock the mysteries of time travel.”

The cast also includes Hannah Pearl Utt, Chris Witaske, Carlos Jacott, Harris Yulin, Steven Maier, and Eddie Cahill.

At SXSW, Mary-Louise Parker...

If you could choose to be in a Groundhog Day scenario with any two actors, who would you choose? You could certainly do a lot worse than Mary-Louise Parker and Ayo Edebiri, the stars of the new time travel dramedy Omni Loop. To lean into millennial parlance, this is a...

History repeats itself in this ingenious but surprisingly heartfelt sci-fi, which takes the premise of Groundhog Day and fashions from it a poignant statement about life and mortality. Refreshingly for the genre, it focuses on a middle-aged woman — a scientist-slash-physicist, even — whose 55th birthday and final breath will occur within the same week. But though there is an element of resistance to the latter, Omni Loop is unusual in that it isn’t simply about breaking the cycle; Bernardo Britto’s film is about facing the inevitable, gently phasing out the genre elements to reach an understated but emotional climax.

Zoya Lowe, when we first meet her, is a little girl who, a voiceover tells us, is predicted “to do incredible things one day” and “change the world”. The next time we see her, Zoya is now played by Mary-Louise Parker and things are not so positive: X-rays show a...

Unlike the Miami transit service that gives the film its title and gets from first to final stop in just 16 minutes, Omni Loop takes time to wade through its tangled thicket of set-up and draw you in. But Bernardo Britto’s near-future sci-fi — about death, time travel and the cherished gifts in life we take for granted while pursuing that elusive something more — sneaks up on you. The same goes for the expertly synced performances of Mary-Louise Parker, bringing her characteristic flinty authenticity to a role that could easily have drowned in quirk, and Ayo Edebiri, demonstrating once again that she’s in the top tier of emerging American actors.

In a brief prologue, a 12-year-old girl (Riley Elise Fincher-Foster) stumbles upon a bottle of pills in the greenest of fields. “You’re gonna do incredible things one day,” a voice in her head tells her. “You’re gonna change the world.

The Tolkien Estate and Amazon have been victorious in their court battle with an author who first published a book titled The Fellowship of the King and then demanded $250M after claiming Prime Video had stolen the idea for its TV series.

In court documents issued by the District Court of California on December 14, both cases brought by Demetrious Polychron were thrown out by Judge Stephen V. Wilson, who ordered Polychron to pay the Tolkien Estate and Amazon’s legal fees totalling around $134,000 (read the Tolkien order here).

In 2017, the same year Warner Bros and the Tolkien Estate settled their five-year $80 million rights legal battle, Polychron registered a fan fiction sequel book titled The Fellowship of the King, which he claimed to be the “the pitch-perfect sequel to The Lord of the Rings,” according to the Tolkien Estate lawyers. Rather incredibly, he then commenced a $250M lawsuit against the Tolkien...

Amazon and the Tolkien estate have emerged victorious in a multi-pronged legal battle over “The Lord of the Rings” franchise.

In April author Demetrious Polychron published a book called “The Fellowship of the King” which he claimed was a sequel to “The Lord of the Rings.” He planned for the book to be the first in a seven-part series.

The author then filed suit against both Amazon and the Tolkien estate, claiming the streaming series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” had borrowed from his sequel and infringed his copyright.

It can now be reported for the first time that a California judge summarily dismissed Polychron’s lawsuit with prejudice in August.

The Tolkien estate then countersued the author for infringing on their copyright. A U.S. district judge found in the estate’s favor this fall, granting them a permanent injunction to prevent Polychron from “copying distributing,...

Author Demetrious Polychron claimed his 'ambitious sequel to Jrr Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings' bore a lot of similarities to Amazon’s Rings Of Power series. Turns out a judge agreed.

In an entirely unpredictable turn of events, the US-based author of an unofficial sequel to Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings has been forced to, er, stop selling sequels to The Lord Of The Rings.

Demetrious Polychron published The Fellowship Of The King at the beginning of 2023, describing new events in the 22nd year of High King Elessar’s reign. There are blue wizards, hobbits, and a whole lot of named characters from The Lord Of The Rings.

In what we’ll generously call a bold move, Polychron filed a lawsuit against the Tolkien Estate and Amazon in April of this year, claiming that Amazon’s TV series The Rings Of Power infringed the copyright in his book.

Exclusive: On the heels of a breakout performance in Showtime’s Dexter: New Blood, Jack Alcott is set to make his feature lead debut in Lone Rider, an indie drama also marking the feature debut of writer-director Adam Jumba.

The film heading into production this month in Pennsylvania, which Alcott will also exec produce, is billed as a summer-long psychological odyssey in which Tyler (Alcott), a mid-20s millennial, journeys through Pennsylvania, tackling the many unresolved issues of his past.

Izabela Vidovic (The CW’s Supergirl), Steven Maier (Netflix’s The Pale Blue Eye) and Oscar Wahlberg (Amazon’s Manchester by the Sea) round out the cast of the pic, which Nick Staurulakis and Jumba will produce for Jumba Films, in association with Orama Filmworks and Blazer Road Productions.

Alcott held his own opposite Golden Globe and SAG Award winner Michael C. Hall as Harrison Morgan, the son of Hall’s serial-killer-in-hiding Dexter,...

Lyle Lovett as Mayor Waylon Gates and Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan in ‘Blue Bloods’ season 13 episode 15

Grammy winner Lyle Lovett reprises his role as Texas Ranger Waylon Gates on CBS’s Blue Bloods season 13 episode 15. Directed by Doug Aarniokoski from a script by Ian Biederman and Yasmine Cadet, episode 15 – “Close to Home” – will air on Friday, March 10, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

The cast is led by Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan, Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan, and Bridget Moynahan as Erin Reagan. Will Estes stars as Jamie Reagan, Len Cariou is Henry Reagan, Sami Gayle is Nicky Reagan-Boyle, Marisa Ramirez plays Det. Maria Baez, and Vanessa Ray is Officer Eddie Janko.

Season 13’s recurring guest stars include Abigail Hawk, Gregory Jbara, Robert Clohessy, Steven Schirripa, Andrew Terraciano, Steven Maier, and James Nucifero.

“Close to Home” Plot: Danny partners with Texas Ranger Waylon Gates (Lovett) again to deliver an infamous drug cartel boss to arraignment,...

Lauren Patten as Rachel Witten and Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan in ‘Blue Bloods’ season 13 episode 14

CBS’s Blue Bloods will return from a three-week break with season 13 episode 14, “Collision Course.” Episode 14 features Lauren Patten reprising her role as Rachel Witten and is set to air on Friday, March 3, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

The cast is led by Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan, Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan, and Bridget Moynahan as Erin Reagan. Will Estes stars as Jamie Reagan, Len Cariou is Henry Reagan, Sami Gayle is Nicky Reagan-Boyle, Marisa Ramirez plays Det. Maria Baez, and Vanessa Ray is Officer Eddie Janko.

Season 13’s recurring guest stars include Abigail Hawk, Gregory Jbara, Robert Clohessy, Steven Schirripa, Andrew Terraciano, Steven Maier, and James Nucifero.

“Collision Course” Plot: The return of Rachel Witten, Eddie’s former partner turned social worker, tests her loyalties and conflicts with Frank when Rachel brings an...

Bridget Moynahan as Erin Reagan in ‘Blue Bloods’ season 13 episode 13

A serial killer is targeting women on CBS’s Blue Bloods season 13 episode 13, “Past History.” Directed by Jackeline Tejada from a script by Siobhan Byrne O’Connor, episode 13 will air on Friday, February 10, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

The cast is led by Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan, Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan, and Bridget Moynahan as Erin Reagan. Will Estes stars as Jamie Reagan, Len Cariou is Henry Reagan, Sami Gayle is Nicky Reagan-Boyle, Marisa Ramirez plays Det. Maria Baez, and Vanessa Ray is Officer Eddie Janko.

Season 13’s recurring guest stars include Abigail Hawk, Gregory Jbara, Robert Clohessy, Steven Schirripa, Andrew Terraciano, Steven Maier, and James Nucifero.

“Past History” Plot: Danny and Baez race against the clock to catch a serial killer targeting young women across the city. Also, Erin and Eddie clash when Eddie intervenes in a murder case...

Tom Cavanagh reprises his guest starring role as Mickey Patrick, Danny’s childhood friend, on CBS’s Blue Bloods season 13 episode 12. Directed by Ralph Hemecker from a script by Brian Burns and Peter D’Antonio, episode 12 – “The Big Leagues” – will air on Friday, February 3, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

The cast is led by Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan, Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan, and Bridget Moynahan as Erin Reagan. Will Estes stars as Jamie Reagan, Len Cariou is Henry Reagan, Sami Gayle is Nicky Reagan-Boyle, Marisa Ramirez plays Det. Maria Baez, and Vanessa Ray is Officer Eddie Janko.

Season 13’s recurring guest stars include Abigail Hawk, Gregory Jbara, Robert Clohessy, Steven Schirripa, Andrew Terraciano, Steven Maier, and James Nucifero.

“The Big Leagues” Plot: Danny reunites with Mickey Patrick (Cavanagh), his childhood friend and a former criminal, who comes to him for help finding his missing fiancée. Also, Anthony surprises Erin with...

Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan in ‘Blue Bloods’ season 13 episode 10

Danny and Eddie team up on a new case on CBS’s Blue Bloods season 13 episode 10, “Fake It ‘Til You Make It.” Directed by Robert Harmon from a script by Ian Biederman, episode 10 will air on Friday, January 13, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

The cast is led by Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan, Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan, and Bridget Moynahan as Erin Reagan. Will Estes stars as Jamie Reagan, Len Cariou is Henry Reagan, Sami Gayle is Nicky Reagan-Boyle, Marisa Ramirez plays Det. Maria Baez, and Vanessa Ray is Officer Eddie Janko.

Season 13’s recurring guest stars include Abigail Hawk, Gregory Jbara, Robert Clohessy, Steven Schirripa, Andrew Terraciano, Ian Quinlan, Steven Maier, and James Hiroyuki Liao.

“Fake It ‘Til You Make It” Plot: Jamie and his new intel team officer infiltrate a high-tech car smuggling ring. Also, Frank faces off...

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...

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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What initially seems like the act of a “madman” gives way to a larger conspiracy,...

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,...

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 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,...

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...

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...

Scott Cooper’s Netflix film The Pale Blue Eye has fleshed out its cast, with two-time Emmy winner Gillian Anderson (The Crown), Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody), Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist), Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Toby Jones (First Cow), Harry Lawtey (Industry), Simon McBurney (Carnival Row), five-time BAFTA Award nominee Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Hadley Robinson (Moxie), Joey Brooks (Molly’s Game), Brennan Cook (Encounter), Gideon Glick (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Fred Hechinger (The White Lotus), Matt Helm (The Tragedy of Macbeth), Steven Maier (The Plot Against America), Charlie Tahan (Ozark) and Oscar winner Robert Duvall (The Judge) signing on to star alongside the previously announced Harry Melling and Christian Bale.

The film written and directed by Cooper is based on Louis Bayard’s 2006 novel of the same name—a Gothic thriller that he’s been looking to make for more than a decade. It centers on a young cadet the world...

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.

The Christian Bale and Harry Melling Gothic horror-thriller The Pale Blue Eye from director Scott Cooper and Netflix has added Gillian Anderson, Robert Duvall and Timothy Spall to the cast.

The film, which focuses on an attempt to solve a series of murders that took place at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1830, also unveiled an ensemble cast that includes Lucy Boynton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Simon McBurney and Hadley Robinson.

Joey Brooks, Brennan Cook, Gideon Glick, Fred Hechinger, Matt Helm, Steven Maier and Charlie Tahan will also star. Scott Cooper adapted the screenplay for The Pale Blue Eye from ...

The Christian Bale and Harry Melling Gothic horror-thriller The Pale Blue Eye from director Scott Cooper and Netflix has added Gillian Anderson, Robert Duvall and Timothy Spall to the cast.

The film, which focuses on an attempt to solve a series of murders that took place at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1830, also unveiled an ensemble cast that includes Lucy Boynton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Simon McBurney and Hadley Robinson.

Joey Brooks, Brennan Cook, Gideon Glick, Fred Hechinger, Matt Helm, Steven Maier and Charlie Tahan will also star. Scott Cooper adapted the screenplay for The Pale Blue Eye from ...

In the first two parts of “The Plot Against America,” HBO’s six-episode adaptation of the bestselling Philip Roth novel, creator David Simon took his sweet time setting up the chess board. Sure, establishing the rules of an alternate historical timeline takes some thought and detail, but it shouldn’t use up one-third of your total storytelling time. Those tricks may have worked wonders for the “The Wire,” which artfully unmasked the futility of a few good actions against a rigged system, but so far the grandiose themes in “The Plot Against America,” such as the rise of fascism and the radicalization of everyday people, feel a lot less relevant than the alliances and rivalries of inner city Baltimore.

What’s left for the series to do then, in its remaining three episodes, is tell a good story. Thankfully, that modest goal seems attainable after the series’ third episode, which...

The Slamdance Film Festival has unveiled its 25th anniversary narrative and documentary feature film competition programs, as well as the lineup for its new breakouts section.

The narrative lineup includes the coming-of-age drama “Spiral Farm,” starring Piper De Palma, daughter of director Brian De Palma, who is making her feature debut as a teenage girl growing up on a commune where life is disrupted by the arrival of two outsiders, a father and son. Amanda Plummer (“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”), Teo Halm (“Earth to Echo”), and Jade Fusco (“Youth in Revolt”) co-star.

The festival, launched in 1995 as an alternative to Sundance, has included showings of such notable titles as Oren Peli’s “Paranormal Activity.” The fest, which takes place at the Treasure Mountain Inn in Park City, Utah, from Jan. 25 to Jan. 31, will screen 18 movies including 10 world premieres, four North American premieres, and four U.S. premieres.

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Slamdance has revealed their narrative and documentary feature film competition lineup for their 2019 festival. The fest takes place January 25-31, 2019 in Park City.

This year marks the 25th year of the festival and includes 11 narrative features and 9 documentaries throwing their hats in the ring for the competition. The fest will also include 10 World, 4 North American, and 4 U.S. premieres. All competition films were selected by a team of Slamdance alumni and are feature length directorial debuts with budgets of less than $1 million Usd, and without Us distribution.

Slamdance will also welcome back the Russo Fellowship — a $25,000 prize launched in 2018 by celebrated festival alumni Anthony Russo and Joe Russo to provide a deserving filmmaker with mentorship from the Russo duo.

In addition, the festival will introduce the new Breakouts section, which features non-first-time-feature directors who demonstrate a determined vision...

The Slamdance Film Festival has announced the lineups for its 2019 Narrative and Documentary Feature Film Competition programs. The festival, which takes place annually in Park City, Utah, is celebrating its 25th anniversary next year. In addition to the narrative and documentary features in competition, Slamdance has also announced the lineup for its inaugural Breakouts Section.

Featured films playing at Slamdance are all directorial debuts made for less than $1 million and without U.S. distribution. The films were selected for the 2019 festival by a team of Slamdance alumni. Films in both categories are eligible for the Audience Award and Spirit of Slamdance Award, the latter of which is voted upon by filmmakers at the festival.

“When it comes to discovering talent, Slamdance has consistently shown that its artist led community can do it themselves,” said Slamdance Co-founder and President, Peter Baxter. “In a milestone year, our competition lineup symbolizes this ongoing endeavor.