Real life husband and wife Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany will team for the psychological thriller "Born" reports Variety.

The story revolves around a couple who settle down in a seemingly idyllic English town to raise a family. Their perfect life is shaken when the husband, a claymation artist, discovers his characters are acting out a nightmare that comes to life.

Guillermo del Toro, Lawrence Gordon and Lloyd Levin will produce. Stop-motion animated sequences, produced by Chiodo Bros. Prods. ("Elf," "Team America") will be integrated into the pic.

Daniel Simpson will direct and co-wrote the project with Clive Barker and Paul Kaye. Production begins mid-August in the UK.