Washington, May 16 -- Actor Jacob Elordi and Lily-Rose Depp are in talks to star in Laszlo Nemes' adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's 1968 novel 'Outer Dark'.

The film for which the shooting will start in 2026 will mark the English-language debut of Oscar-winning 'Son of Saul' filmmaker Laszlo Nemes.

'Outer Dark' is set in Appalachia during the Great Depression and tells of a young woman who bears her brother's baby. The brother leaves the nameless infant in the woods to die, but tells his sister that the newborn died of natural causes and had to be buried, reported Deadline.

The sister discovers this lie and sets out to find the baby for herself. But as both brother and sister separately move through the countryside, three terrifying stra...