Maria Bello, Abigail Breslin and Samuel L. Jackson are set to star in the indie drama Rape: A Love Story.

Harold Becker will direct the movie and filming is scheduled to start in June.

I think the casting is perfect for the story that is based on the Joyce Carol Oates novella published in 2003. The grim story focuses on a mother (Bello) recovering from a brutal gang rape who is stalked by the perpetrators but is protected by a sympathetic cop (Jackson). Breslin will play the woman’s12-year-old daughter, who witnesses the attack.