Film producer Ed Bass (The Killing Jar) is set to make his big-screen directorial debut on the upcoming female serial killer biopic Belle.

The film will follow Belle Gunness, who worked mainly from her farm base in La Porte County, Indiana around the turn of the 20^th century. She left a trail of buried bodies as she allegedly killed two husbands and dozens of suitors whom she wrote love letters. Several of her stepchildren also disappeared mysteriously.

The script was co-written by Bass with Eva Mayer whose family purchased the farmland discovered some of the love letters. Shooting is set to take place in Ohio.