MUMBAI: Open Road Films has teamed up with Annapurna Pictures to distribute Steven Soderbergh‘s Side Effects in the US, within the first half of 2013.

“We are thrilled that Steven Soderbergh is bringing his next thriller to Open Road. It is an amazing script from Scott Burns with extremely talented producers," Open Road‘s Tom Ortenberg has reportedly said.

Annapurna is financing and producing the film with Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Gregory Jacobs and scripter Scott Z. Burns.

Casting announcements are expected soon, with Channing Tatum, Blake Lively and Jude Law already on board.

The film is to be shown at the Berlin Film Festival this February by Filmnation that is the international sales agent of the film.