"Shia LaBeouf is starring in ""Disturbia,"" a thriller being directed by D.J. Caruso for DreamWorks.

The project, being produced by the Montecito Picture Co. and Jackie Marcus, is the first to go before cameras since Paramount acquired DreamWorks.

Written by Christopher Landon, the story revolves around a troubled high school senior (LaBeouf), still grieving over his father's death, who is sentenced to house arrest after an outburst of anger at school. While at home, he becomes convinced that his neighbor is a serial killer.

Landon wrote the initial script, and Carl Ellsworth, who wrote ""Red Eye"" for DreamWorks, did a rewrite. Montecito, which has a first-look deal with DreamWorks, picked up the script as a spec in June.

Montecito's Ivan Reitman, Tom Pollock and Joe Medjuck are producing along with Marcus. Steven Spielberg is executive producing.

Jeremy Kramer and Adam Goodman are overseeing for DreamWorks.

Shooting is scheduled to begin March 29 and will be executive produced by Steven Spielberg.

Source: BackStage"