Washington
(ANI):
Actor
Kevin
Costner
is
all
set
to
star
in
thriller
"The
New
Daughter." The
pic
is
an
adaptation
by
John
Travis
from
a
story
by
John
Connolly,
published
in
his
short
fiction
collection
"Nocturnes."
Spanish
director
Luiso
Berdejo
is
wearing
the
director"s
hat
in
the
pic,
which
would
be
his
English
movie
debut.
Paul
Brooks
will
be
the
producer,
and
Scott
Niemeyer
and
Norm
Waitt
will
be
the
executive
producers.
The
film
will
be
fully
financed
by
Gold
Circle
and
Mandate
Pictures
will
handle
the
international
sales,
reports
The
Hollywood
Reporter.
The
movie
revolves
around
Costner
who
will
play
John
James,
a
single
father
who
moves
to
a
farm
with
his
two
kids
after
a
painful
divorce.
His
daughter,
Ivana
Baquero
of
"Pan's
Labyrinth",
starts
behaving
ominously.
The
reason
behind
such
behavior
turns
out
something
to
do
with
the
burial
mound
in
a
field
nearby
their
house.
Principal
photography
is
set
to
begin
in
the
first
quarter
of
2008.
Gold
Circle's
Guy
Danella
brought
the
material
to
the
company
and
shepherded
its
development
with
senior
executive
Brad
Kessell.