Christian Bale and Scott Cooper’s Edgar Allen Poe-inspired thriller “The Pale Blue Eye” has been acquired by Netflix in a $55 million deal for worldwide rights.
The sale marks a record for a worldwide deal at the European Film Market, which is being held virtually this year, an individual with knowledge tells TheWrap.
A spokesperson for Netflix confirmed the “The Pale Blue Eye” acquisition to TheWrap Saturday but declined to comment on the financial terms of the deal.
Cooper will write and direct “The Pale Blue Eye,” which is based on a 2003 novel by Louis Bayard. The story is set in 1830 and finds a veteran detective (Bale) investigating a gruesome murder at West Point Academy.
As an assistant, the detective takes on a young poet with a penchant for drink, the man who will some day come to be known to the world as Edgar Allen Poe. As they work to uncover the mystery,...
The sale marks a record for a worldwide deal at the European Film Market, which is being held virtually this year, an individual with knowledge tells TheWrap.
A spokesperson for Netflix confirmed the “The Pale Blue Eye” acquisition to TheWrap Saturday but declined to comment on the financial terms of the deal.
Cooper will write and direct “The Pale Blue Eye,” which is based on a 2003 novel by Louis Bayard. The story is set in 1830 and finds a veteran detective (Bale) investigating a gruesome murder at West Point Academy.
As an assistant, the detective takes on a young poet with a penchant for drink, the man who will some day come to be known to the world as Edgar Allen Poe. As they work to uncover the mystery,...
- 3/6/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
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