Directed by James Ashcroft, the film ‘The Whisper Man’ centers on a widowed crime writer who, after his eight-year-old son is abducted, looks to his estranged father, a retired police detective, for help, only to discover a connection with the decades-old case of a convicted serial killer known as “The Whisper Man.”
‘The Whisper Man’ stars Robert De Niro (as Detective Inspector Pete Willis), Michelle Monaghan (as Detective Amanda Beck), Adam Scott (as Tom Kennedy), Michael Keaton (as Frank Carter), John Carroll Lynch, Hamish Linklater, Owen Teague, Will Brill (as Sgt. John Dyson), and Acston Luca Porto (as Jake Kennedy).
Written by Ben Jacoby and Chase Palmer, based on the novel by Alex North, ‘The Whisper Man’ is produced by Anthony Russo, Kassee Whiting, Joe Russo, Angela Russo-Otstot, Michael Disco, and Kassee Whiting, with executive producers Marcus Viscidi, Tim Connors, Alex Lebovici, Mike Larocca, Malcolm Gray, and Elizabeth Niles. Production company is AGBO.
The film’s cinematography is by Peter Deming, the music is by Colin Stetson, with editing by Christopher Tellefsen.
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Netflix will release ‘The Whisper Man’ on streaming on August 28, 2026.
Robert De Niro is most known for The Irishman, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Heat, and Killers of the Flower Moon. Michelle Monaghan is most known for Gone Baby Gone and The White Lotus. Adam Scott is most known for Severance, Parks and Recreation, and Big Little Lies. Michael Keaton is most known for Birdman, Batman, and Jackie Brown.