Washington DC, May 8 -- Actors Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley are set to reunite on screen for filmmaker Benh Zeitlin's upcoming outlaw romance 'Hold On To Your Angels', according to Variety.

The film, which is expected to launch in the Cannes market, will be written and directed by Zeitlin, best known for Beasts of the Southern Wild and Wendy.

Production banner Plan B, known for films including F1 and Moonlight, will produce the project alongside producer Alex Coco under his Rapt Film banner. Production is scheduled to begin in February.

Set on the edge of South Louisiana, the story follows a hell-bound outlaw played by Mescal and a fierce shepherd of lost souls portrayed by Buckley, who fall into a "catastrophic love" as their collap...