‘The Pale Blue Eye’ NOT Going to Telluride

Telluride has had a tight relationship with Scott Cooper over the years. They’ve premiered films such as “Black Mass,” “Hostiles,” and “Out of the Furnace.”

Cooper’s latest, titled “Pale Blue Eye,” will finally not be going to Telluride, so we can add it to our “What’s Left?” list of films that have yet to garner a festival slot (below).

“Eileen” (William Oldroyd)
“Passages” (Ira Sachs)
”Borderlands” (Eli Roth)
”Marlowe” (Neil Jordan)
“Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret” (Kelly Fremon)
”Landscape with Invisible Hand” (Corey Finley)
“You People” (Kenya Barris)
“Infinity Pool” (Brandon Cronenberg)
“The Marsh King's Daughter” (Neil Burger)
”Argyle” (Matthew Vaughn)
“The Mother” (Niki Caro)
“Pale Blue Eye” (Scott Cooper)
“Flamin Hot” (Eva Longoria)
“Sharper” (Benjamin Caron)
“Tuesday” (Daina O. Pusic)
“Memory Of Water” (Saara Saarela)

Supposedly, there was a pretty bad test-screening earlier in the year. “Pale Blue Eye” stars Christian Bale as a veteran detective who investigates a set of murders, helped by a detail-oriented young cadet who will later become a world famous author, Edgar Allan Poe. An AFI premiere is now a possibility.

I’ve taken off Garett Evans’ “Havoc” because Netflix has also officially designated it as a 2023 release, per Jeff Sneider’s sources.

As it stands, these are the films most likely going to T-Ride, set to take place September 2nd to September 5th. As far as we know, there is no extra day like last year planned, but things could change.

Tar (Field)
Bones and All (Guadagnino)
Bardo (Inarritu)
The Wonder (Leilo)
Empire of Light (Mendes)
Women Talking (Polley)
A Compassionate Spy (James)
My Name is Alfred Hitchcock (Mark Cousins)
Theater of Thought (Werner Herzog)
Amanda (Carolina Cavalli)
Godland (Hlynur Pálmason)
The US and the Holocaust (Ken Burns)
Sr. (Smith)
Good Night Oppy (White)
Holy Spider (Abbasi)
Armageddon Time (Gray)
One Fine Morning (Hansen-Løve)
Broker (Kore-eda)
Close (Dhont)
Living (Hermanus)
Muru (Tearepa Kahi)
The Umbrella Man (John Barker)
Krigsseileren (Gunnar Vikene)
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Pierre Földes)

Like any other T-Ride, there is bound to be one or two surprise films that sneak into the lineup of films, which is usually composed of 30+ titles.

Some are thinking maybe Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers,” a smaller-scaled film for Payne starring Paul Giamatti. There’s also those clinging to the hope that maybe Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” could have an exclusive one-off at “The Show” (I doubt it).