Actress Kate Beckinsale is in talks to play the title role in the psychological thriller "Eliza Graves", directed by Brad Anderson.
The movie is based on Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 short story 'The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether', reported Digital Spy.
According to reports, Graves is a patient at a mental institution in which the inmates have taken over and are posing as doctors.
She becomes the object of affection of a newly-arrived Harvard Medical School grad who has no idea of the topsy-turvy world he just entered.
Beckinsale is best known for her role as vampire Selene in the "Underworld" franchise. Last year, the actress starred in "Underworld: Awakening", "Contraband" and "Total Recall".
