Netflix Drops 55M To Acquire Christian Bale s New Horror Thriller

Get the Full StoryNetflix s main focus is always going to be on original content, but crafting high profile exclusives doesn t come cheap. Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot s Red Notice hasn t even been released yet, but it s already been usurped as the streaming service s most expensive in-house production ever by Joe and Anthony Russo s The Gray Man, with cameras set to start rolling imminently on the 200 million espionage blockbuster.

The company can t spend that sort of money on all of its biggest titles, but Netflix aren t averse to acquiring pre-existing content either. Having recently shelled out 18 million to secure the domestic distribution rights for Liam Neeson s next action effort The Ice Road, the platform has now dropped a massive 55 million on Christian Bale s upcoming horror thriller The Pale Blue Eye.

The project will reunite Christopher Nolan s Batman with filmmaker Scott Cooper for a third time, after they previously worked together on crime drama Out of the Furnace and gritty Western Hostiles. The plot follows Bale s veteran detective as he investigates a series of murders that occurred at the U.S. Military s West Point Academy in 1830, where he s accompanied by an inquisitive cadet and would-be poet who just so happens to be Edgar Allen Poe.

Based on the 2003 novel by Louis Bayard, on paper it doesn t sound like the sort of project that would necessitate Netflix stumping up that kind of money to acquire it, but it sounds like an interesting premise nonetheless. Christian Bale headlining a murder mystery period thriller opposite a young Edgar Allen Poe carries no shortage of potential, and the next step for The Pale Blue Eye is rounding out the cast and crew before settling on a start date for production.

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