When real-life couples work together and play opposite each other on the big screen, a layer of “reality” is thrown into the mix, especially if the couple play lovers in the movie. Kind of makes the watcher see the way the two would really make love in real life, huh? Anyway, Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany have signed on to star in the psychological thriller “Born”. The movie will be directed by Daniel Simpson and produced by Guillermo del Toro, Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin and horror author Clive Barker, in an executive producer role.

The two will portray a married couple who settles down in a nice English town and start raising a family. A peaceful life is shattered when Bettany’s character’s creations (he plays a claymation artist) comes to life. His creations wreak havoc in the couple’s married life as they act out nightmares that one can only dream of. Simpson wrote the script alongside Barker and Paul Kaye. This is the first project for the Los Angeles-based finance and production shingle ClearVision Media Production Group. No word on the release of this movie yet.

This movie might just be something that breaks through in the horror genre. Barker is famous for creating hellish creatures both in screenplays and his best-selling horror novels. Coupled with Connelly and Bettany’s real-life and on-screen chemistry, this upcoming movie is looking to be a blast.