Colin Farrell is set to reunite with “The Lobster” director Yorgos Lanthimos in the Greek helmer’s latest project “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.”

Project, which is expected to begin lensing in August, sees Lanthimos re-team with co-writer Efthymis Filipou and producers Element Pictures and Film4. Hanway Films is shopping the hot title to foreign buyers in Cannes. CAA is repping domestic rights.

It’s a fitting announcement on the Croisette this year, given last year saw Lanthimos’ click “The Lobster,” which also starred Farrell, snap up the Cannes Jury Prize at the fest.

Lanthimos co-writes and directs the project, inspired by a Euripides tragedy, which centers on Steven, a charismatic surgeon and a teenage boy who seeks to integrate him into his broken family. When the boy’s actions become increasingly sinister, Steven’s ideal life starts to fall apart and he is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice.

Nicole Kidman is joining Colin Farrell in The Killing of a Sacred Deer, the new movie project from The Lobster filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos.

Lanthimos co-wrote the script with The Lobster co-writer Efthimis Fillipou and is directing what is being described as a psychological revenge thriller with a hint of supernatural thrown in.

Farrell is on board as a successful surgeon who attempts to integrate a teenager into his family, but when the teen’s actions grow increasingly sinister, the doctor is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice. Kidman will play Farrell's wife.

The project is heading towards an August start, with A24 as the domestic distributor.

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“Killing of a Sacred Deer” is inspired by a Euripides tragedy and follows Steven, a surgeon, and a young boy who seeks to integrate Steven into his family. When the young boy’s action become sinister, the surgeon’s seemingly perfect life falls apart and he must make sacrifices. The film also stars Nicole Kidman and Barry Keoghan in addition to Farrell.

Filming has just begun in Cincinnati on Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing Of A Sacred Deer. The psyhcological drama is a reteam for the helmer and his The Lobster star Colin Farrell. Nicole Kidman also leads the cast. Alicia Silverstone has now joined the lineup along with Tomorrowland‘s Raffey Cassidy and Bill Camp (Jason Bourne, 12 Years A Slave). Previously announced actors include ’71‘s Barry Keoghan and Sunny Suljic (The Unspoken).

Farrell plays Steven, a charismatic surgeon forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart when the behavior of a teenager (Keoghan) he has taken under his wing turns sinister. Kidman plays Farrell’s wife. Silverstone will play the mother of the boy. Lanthimos and his regular collaborator, Efthymis Filippou, co-wrote the film.

A24 grabbed U.S. rights to the pic in Cannes this year after also taking on The Lobster from Alchemy. That film was a success in Cannes in 2015, winning the Jury Prize and later going on to gross $9M in the U.S. Lanthimos’ previous effort, Dogtooth, won the Un Certain Regard prize at the same festival in 2009. It further scored a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nomination.

Lanthimos is producing The Killing Of A Sacred Deer which is also produced by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe’s Element Pictures (Room). Film4, the Irish Film Board and New Sparta Films are backers. HanWay Films has worldwide sales.