The gothic horror story centers on a woman who discovers that her husband might not be whom he appears to be.

Details on who is playing whom were not revealed.

Del Toro wrote the script with Matthew Robbins; Lucinda Coxon recently did a rewrite.

Cumberbatch is proving to be in great demand, largely due to his stellar and acclaimed work in Sherlock, which has caught the eyes of filmmakers stateside, leading to several high-profile gigs. He stars as the villain in next month’s Star Trek Into Darkness and is currently filming The Fifth Estate, DreamWorks’ Wikileaks movie in which he is portraying Julian Assange.