Emile Hirsch has joined the cast of upcoming film The Darkest Hour, according to Empire Online.
The Taking Woodstock actor will star alongside Olivia Thrilby in the bio-terror drama, directed by Chris Gorak.
Hirsch will play the leader of a group of traveling American teens who unwittingly get caught up in an interplanetary battle in Russia.
Producer Timur Bekmambetov recently opened his custom-built production facility in Moscow for the commencement of the film this summer.
Hirsch is currently filming the latest adaption of Shakespeare's Hamlet, directed by Catherine Hardwicke.
