Emile Hirsch has joined Olivia Thirlby in New Regency and Summit Entertainment’s The Darkest Hour.
The $40 million production is described as a 28 Days-like thriller about a group of kids struggling to survive in Russia after an alien invasion.
Chris Gorak (Right at Your Door) is set to direct from a script by Les Bohem and Jon Spaihts. Timur Bekmambetov and Tom Jacobson are producing.
Filming is scheduled to start in Moscow this June.