James Badge Dale headlines the horror flick, which adapts The Empty Man comic book series from Boom! Studios (for which Fox is a stakeholder,) created by esteemed writer Cullen Bunn with art by Vanesa R. Del Rey. The film also serves as the feature directorial debut of David Prior, who worked off an adaptation screenplay he wrote, bringing nearly two decades’ worth of experience filming shorts and documentaries, notably shorts connected to director David Fincher’s 2011 version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Familiar summoned supernatural urban legend creature concepts from genre offerings such as (just to name a few,) the remake-set Candyman and The Slender Man will obviously come to mind once the trailer for The Empty Man establishes its premise. Check it out just below. As the official synopsis for The Empty Man reads: Star James Badge Dale comes into the film having last been seen on Starz mystery series Hightown, which ran its inaugural season from this past May to July, with a second season eyed. He’s known from roles in films such as Iron Man 3, World War Z, 13 Hours, The Departed and HBO miniseries The Pacific. He’s joined in the cast by Marin Ireland (The Umbrella Academy), Stephen Root (Perry Mason), Ron Canada (National Treasure), Robert Aramayo (Game of Thrones), Joel Courtney (The Kissing Booth) and Sasha Frolova (Red Sparrow).

The Empty Man Release Date

The Empty Man is scheduled to hit theaters (such as they are these days,) on Friday, October 23. – That’s only one week from this writing, by the way.