Filmmaker Peter Webber is set to direct the big-screen adaptation of Paul Bowles’ novel “The Spider’s House,” according to Variety.

The trade says the film follows two American former lovers whose paths cross in Fez, Morocco, as clashes between pro-independence insurgents and French colonial overlords escalate.

Webber, whose credits include “Girl with a Pearl Earring” and “Hannibal Rising,” is directing a screenplay by Laurie Cooke.

Timothy Burrill (“La vie en rose”) produces the project, which is scheduled to launch production next year.