Overview
- Netflix scheduled a global premiere for Wednesday, August 28, 2026, and unveiled first-look photos alongside the date.
- The story follows a widowed crime writer who seeks help from his estranged detective father after his 8-year-old son is abducted, linking the case to a killer known as the Whisper Man.
- Robert De Niro, Adam Scott and Michelle Monaghan lead the cast, joined by Hamish Linklater, Owen Teague, Acston Luca Porto and Will Brill.
- The film comes from Netflix and the Russo Brothers’ company AGBO, directed by James Ashcroft with a screenplay by Ben Jacoby and Chase Palmer from Alex North’s bestseller.
- Netflix lists an R rating for bloody violence, disturbing images, suicide, language and brief sexual references, with a 1 hour 51 minute runtime, and the director describes the tone as layered tension and dread.