Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight) has landed the female lead in Voice From the Stone, director Eric Howell’s adaptation of Italian author Silvio Raffo’s 1996 novel “La Voce Della Pietra.”

Set in the Italian countryside, the film revolves around a nurse’s (Gyllenhaal) efforts to help the young son of the man she’s sweet on survive the evil spirits that haunt him.

Gyllenhaal played ill-fated Assistant D.A. Rachel Dawes in Christopher Nolan’s Batman sequel The Dark Knight and was cast as Donnie Darko’s sister in the 2001 cult classic. She is best known, however, for her role as emotionally damaged submissive Lee Holloway in the kink-fueled comedy Secretary.