Ray Winstone has joined the cast of the serial killer thriller "Red Snow" for says The Hollywood Reporter.

Winstone will star as an ex-SAS officer tracking down his missing daughter in the snow forests of a remote town in north Canada.

The project is based on a true story of a serial killer in Alaska whose killing spree hit the headlines in the 1980s.

Stuart St. Paul ("Freight") penned the script and will direct the $4 million production starting this April in Canada. Andy Thompson and Alan McQueen are producing.