Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage has signed to star in “Season of the Witch,” a supernatural thriller directed by Dominic Sena, reports Variety.

If Cage and Sena’s previous collaboration is any indication of the success of this new project, then they have signed on to a good thing.

The Dominic Sena-directed “Gone in Sixty Seconds” was released in 2000 and Cage starred as a former car thief who was brilliant in his line of “work,” forced to pull one last job in order to save his brother. The cast included Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi and Robert Duvall. The film earned more than $100 million domestically and $242 million around the world.

Trade paper Variety reports that the duo’s new project will focus on the journey of a group of 14th century knights who are transporting a girl believed to be the witch responsible for spreading the Black Plague.

We can only suppose that Cage will stay true to his string of good characters and portray the knight that actually believes in the girl’s innocence and ultimately saves her life. Of course, he also falls in love with her.

The film had been in development at Columbia Pictures and will be produced by Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven and Alex Gartner, reports Variety. The screenplay bears the name of Bragi Schut Jr.,

Shooting is scheduled to begin in early November in Austria and Hungary.

Cage last appeared on the big screen in “Bangkok Dangerous,” a Pang Brothers remake of their own 1999 film of the same name. Reviews were mixed and box office success was limited.