Zellwegger signs up for horror flick

Renee Zellwegger has reportedly signed up to star in a new Hollywood horror thriller.

In 'Case 39', Zellwegger will play a social worker who saves an abused 10-year-old girl from her parents, only to discover that the truth is far more chilling.

The movie would mark the actress's second horror film following her turn in 1994's 'The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre'.

She had signed on to star in a Hollywood version of Hong Kong psychological fright flick 'The Eye' this year, but has subsequently withdrawn from the project.

She is currently making 'Miss Potter' in which she plays Beatrix Potter, the British author who created a menagerie of popular children's characters including Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddleduck.