The film follows the story of firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Helen Mirren), who was convinced that she was haunted by the souls killed at the hands of the Winchester repeating rifle.
Production on the film will take place in Melbourne, Australia before moving to the actual Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California.
The film stars Academy Award winner Helen Mirren (The Queen, Eye in the Sky) and Jason Clarke (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Zero Dark Thirty), and is written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig (Predestination).
CBS Films has announced today that principal photography on their upcoming supernatural thriller Winchester has officially begun.