Paul Dano is set to star opposite Callum Turner and Margaret Qualley in the remake of 1981 supernatural thriller Possession coming together at Paramount, Deadline can confirm.

Character details are under wraps. Parker Finn, the writer-director behind the hit horror franchise Smile, announced his take on Possession for Paramount in 2024.

Finn is directing from his own script and producing alongside Jonathan Fass via Bad Feeling, along with Roy Lee and Andrew Childs via Vertigo, and Robert Pattinson. Marc Bienstock is serving as exec producer.

Written and directed by Andrzej Żuławski, Possession starred Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill as a married couple in Cold War-era West Berlin whose relationship spirals into supernatural terror. The film is a landmark of arthouse genre cinema and won Adjani the prize for Best Actress at Cannes.

Most recently seen starring opposite Alicia Vikander and Tom Sturridge in Olivier Assayas’ The Wizard of the Kremlin, Dano’s upcoming slate includes Florian Zeller’s psychological thriller Bunker, Ramin Bahrani’s Vegas: A Love Story and A24’s The Chaperones.

Nexus Lexus was first to Dano’s involvement with the new take on Possession.