Kim Cattrall to star in The Treehouse

Actress Kim Cattrall has been signed on to star in the new pre-war movie The Treehouse.

The Sex and the City star will be joined by Appaloose star Jeremy Irons and The Boat That Rocked actor Tom Strurridge.

The film will be directed by Lajos Koltai.

Based on a novel by Eduard von Keyserling, the film is set in pre-World War 1 Germany and details the story of a failed student, his glamorous cousin, her mother and his father, reports Contactmusic.com.