Netflix is set to bring this “unsettling” best-selling novel to life sooner than you think.
Severance and The Godfather legends are teaming up for a Netflix thriller that will leave your “flesh crawling”.
Based on Alex North’s New York Times best-selling novel of the same name, The Whisper Man is making its way to Netflix on Friday, August 28.
The official synopsis for the upcoming “disturbing” film reads: “When his eight-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.’”
What’s even more exciting about The Whisper Man’s pending arrival is its star-studded cast.
The Netflix thriller will star Severance legend Adam Scott, Hollywood icon Robert De Niro and The White Lotus actress Michelle Monaghan.
While subscribers wait to see how the movie will play out, The Whisper Man already has a loyal fanbase of book lovers ready to watch the adaptation.
Taking to Amazon Prime to sing the book’s praises, a fan shared: “This is one of the most gripping and mind-blowing books I have read this year, and it takes suspense and terror to a whole new thrilling level.”
A second described it as “gripping and flawless”, with another posting: “This book genuinely makes your heart pound.”
Someone else remarked: “Creepy and chilling? Yes! Addictive and clever? Totally!
“It made my skin crawl, it’s sometimes heartbreaking, it’s dark and twisty and just mind-blowingly fabulous!”
“The Whisper Man is one of the best thrillers I have read in years. It is in equal parts gripping and truly terrifying”, a reader commented.
While another added: “I will undoubtedly be keeping my window shut for a little while, and will be obsessively checking on my sleeping children!”
Working behind the scenes as producers are brothers Joe and Anthony Russo, famed for directing Marvel films Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
The Whisper Man premieres on Friday, August 28, on Netflix