The Boy and The Devil Inside‘s William Brent Bell is set to direct the contemporary folk-horror Lord of Misrule, which Bankside is launching world sales on at the EFM, reports Deadline.

“Set in a small town in the English countryside, the film will follow a desperate search for the young daughter of the town’s new minister. The girl goes missing during a Solstice Festival. The closer the locals and police get towards finding the girl, the more secrets from the town’s past emerge.”

Tom de Ville (The Quiet Ones) scripts the project that has echoes of The Wicker Man and sounds inspired by Midsommar.

Casting is underway with shoot planned for summer 2020.

Bell will see his Brahms: The Boy II open this Friday. He is also in the final stages of post-production on Separation, the Brooklyn-set supernatural thriller starring Rupert Friend and Brian Cox.