Lena Headey to join thriller 'Woman in the Woods' cast

Los Angeles: "Game of Thrones" actress Lena Headey will play the lead in thriller "The Woman in the Woods".

Filmmaker Russell Friedenberg will direct the project from his own script, reported Variety.

"Frozen River" and "The Dry Land," producer Heather Rae will back the project.

The story will revolve around Headey's character and her husband deciding to separate and going on one last family camping trip. But an evil presence lurks in the woods ? and it soon influences the daughter.

After their return to Seattle, a police detective investigating a case of missing persons gets convinced that the daughter is responsible.