Rachel Weisz is set to star in The Lovely Bones the Peter Jackson-directed adaptation of the Alice Sebold novel, according to Variety. DreamWorks begins production on the film in October, and Paramount Pictures will distribute worldwide.

Weisz will play the mother of a young girl who is abducted and is feared to have been murdered.

Jackson wrote the script with his Lord of the Rings scripting partners Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh.

Weisz, who won an Oscar for The Constant Gardener, was available after declining to reprise in a third installment of The Mummy for Universal.

The film will shoot in Pennsylvania and New Zealand.

The Lovely Bones was released December 11th, 2009 and stars Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Saoirse Ronan, Susan Sarandon, Jake Abel, Michael Imperioli, Reece Ritchie. The film is directed by Peter Jackson.