Robert De Niro is set to star in the Netflix thriller “The Whisper Man.” File Photo by Rune Hellestad/ UPI | License Photo
Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro is set to star in The Whisper Man movie for Netflix.
The screen adaptation of Alex North’s best-selling book will be written by Ben Jacoby and Chase Palmer, and directed by James Ashcroft. Advertisement
“When his 8-year-old son is abducted, a widowed crime writer looks to his estranged father, a retired former police detective, for help, only to discover a connection with the decades-old case of a convicted serial killer known as ‘The Whisper Man,'” a synopsis from the streaming service said.
Filming is slated to begin in the spring on the East Coast.
No premiere date has been announced yet.
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Robert De Niro speaks at the ppening ceremonies of the second annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on May 6, 2003. De Niro is a co-founder of the festival. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI | License Photo
