A Series of Disappearances Brings Father and Son Face to Face Again — Official Trailer for 《The Whisper Man》
A widowed crime writer turns to his estranged father, the retired detective who caught the Whisper Man, after his eight-year-old son is abducted.
Based on Alex North’s 《The Whisper Man》
Director James Ashcroft
Screenplay Ben Jacoby · Chase Palmer
Production AGBO
Distributor Netflix
Release 2026-08-28
Runtime 114 minutes
Cast Robert De Niro · Michelle Monaghan · Adam Scott · Hamish Linklater · Owen Teague · Acston Luca Porto · Will Brill
Official Trailer
《The Whisper Man》 is a crime thriller adapted from Alex North’s best-selling novel of the same name. When his eight-year-old son is kidnapped, Tom, a crime novelist raising his child alone, asks his long-estranged father Pete for help.
Retired police officer Pete was the person who captured the serial killer known decades ago as the “Whisper Man.” When a new disappearance is connected to that old case, father and son must find the child while also confronting their severed relationship and wounds from the past.
James Ashcroft directed the film, with Ben Jacoby and Chase Palmer writing the screenplay. Netflix and the Russo brothers’ production company AGBO collaborated on the film, with Robert De Niro playing Pete, Adam Scott playing Tom, and Acston Luca Porto playing Jake, the missing child.
The work was released on Netflix on August 28, with the officially listed runtime being 1 hour and 54 minutes.