Michelle Williams and Joel Edgerton will star in The Double Hour, a remake of Giuseppe Capotondi’s 2009 Italian film of the same name about two lovers who become embroiled in a robbery.

Joshua Marston is adapting the screenplay and will direct. Indigo Films’ Nicola Giuliano, Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee and Journeyman Pictures’ Paul Mezey are producing.

Silver Reel Entertainment and Lotus Entertainment have partnered to finance and handle international sales on The Double Hour in Cannes. UTA Independent Film Group and CAA co-represent US rights.

Silver Reel’s Claudia Blumhuber, Lotus Entertainment’s Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel, Giulio Marantonio, John Powers Middleton, Jacob Pechenik and Florian Dargel will serve as executive producers.