Dutch director Martin Koolhoven has been working on an ambitious new feature: a horror/western called Brimstone that was premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Brimstone is set to take viewers on a nightmarish journey into frontier life, where familiar western troupes are juxtaposed with the sinister sadism of puritanical religion, as a mute wife and mother (Dakota Fanning) must combat the malevolence of a wrathful priest (Guy Pearce).