Eliza Graves is the title of an upcoming movie loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether. We already know that Kate Beckinsale is set to star, and it's been revealed who will be joining her in a leading role.

According to THR, Jim Sturgess (Cloud Atlas, 21) has been cast in the movie and will play a "Harvard Medical School grad who takes a job a mental institution which the inmates have taken over and are posing as doctors."

The movie will be directed by Brad Anderson, who previously helmed multiple film and TV projects, including The Call and The MachinistEliza Graves is expected to begin production this June in Bulgaria. The script was written by Joe Gangemi, and Paranormal Activity's Oren Peli is among the producers involved on the project.

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