Actress/screenwriter Julie Delpy ("Before Sunset") will make her debut behind the camera with "Bathory," in which she'll be re-joining frequent co-star Ethan Hawke ("Assault on Precinct 13").

Ms. Delpy's screenplay is, according to The Hollywood Reporter, based on the story of "the legendary Elizabeth Bathory, who inspired many a vampire myth with sadistic rituals that included bathing in the blood of virgins." The newly christened Bauer Martinez Distribution will handle the finances and the release on "Bathory."