Production will begin this summer. Lionsgate will release the pic in the U.S. next year and is selling international rights at Cannes.

Pic, which is based on Barker's short story "Midnight Meat Train" from his "Books of Blood Series," follows the story of Leon, a Gotham-based photographer whose efforts to track down "the subway butcher" lead to an unholy secret.

Jeff Buhler adapted the screenplay.