Laura Linney and Tom Wilkinson are set to star in "The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel," a drama inspired by true events that will be directed by Scott Derrickson for Screen Gems according to Variety.

Derrickson wrote the script with Paul Boardman, and the film is a co-production between Firm Films and Lakeshore Entertainment. Firm Films just wrapped the Rob Zombie-directed "The Devil's Rejects" for Lions Gate Films.

Linney will play an attorney who defends a Catholic priest (Wilkinson) who has been charged with the negligent homicide of a 19-year-old girl whose exorcism he presided over. The case reawakens faith in the lawyer.

Shooting begins sometime in November in Vancouver, BC.

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