DEADLINE – In what is turning into one of the more hotter projects in town, Skydance’s The Gorge starring Miles Teller, looks to have found its distributor and Teller’s co-star. Sources tell Deadline that Apple Original Films has boarded the pic with The Queen’s Gambit breakout Anya Taylor-Joy set to star alongside Teller in the genre-bending love story.

Scott Derrickson is on board to direct with Zach Dean penning the script, which he sold on spec to Skydance last year. In addition to starring, Teller will serve as executive producer on the film. Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger are producing alongside Crooked Highway’s Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill, Sherryl Clark, as well as Zach Dean, Adam Kolbrenner and Greg Goodman.

Plot details are being kept under wraps other, but it is described as a high-action, genre-bending love story.