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In its recent report Variety mentioned that Picturehouse and New Line International are about to team up with Charlize Theron's Denver And Delilah Films to work on an upcoming film project entitled "The Ice at the Bottom of the World." Besides set to star in Theron also is slated to produce the flick.

Of drama genre, "The Ice at the Bottom of the World" is set in the Chesapeake Bay, where a Navy captain reluctantly retires for health reasons. After years of neglecting his family while at sea, the grizzled veteran throws his dysfunctional family into chaos. Theron will portray one of his daughters, who returns home a heroin addict and the single mother of a mixed-race child.

Production of the film is scheduled to begin later this year.