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Mandalay Pictures has tapped Marc Schoelermann to make his directorial debut on the Mischa Barton starrer "Hexxx." Goal is to begin production in the spring.

Apartment 3B Prods. principal Jennifer Klein is producing the supernatural thriller centering on college students in New Orleans. John Raffo and Mark Gibson wrote the script.

Mandalay acquired the project in turnaround from MGM late last year. Exec VP David Zelon is overseeing the project for Mandalay.

Klein is also producing the Sheldon Turner-penned "Two Minutes to Midnight" at 20th Century Fox and "Rizzle, Pizzle, Sizzle" at Gold Circle. She most recently set up an adaptation of Italian U.N. diplomat Giandomenico Picco's memoir "Man Without a Gun" at Warner Independent Pictures, with Stuart Beattie ("Collateral") aboard to adapt.

The German-born Schoelermann cut his chops on commercials, directing spots for Lexus and Pontiac.