Nicolas Cage has revealed that he is to take the lead in a remake of 1973 horror movie, The Wicker Man.

The original film, which starred Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee, was set on a remote Scottish island, however the remake will see the action surround an isolated community off the coast of Maine.

Cage plays a police officer who visits the community to investigate the disappearance of a young girl.

Filming will begin in July this year.