Max Minghella (Agora) will star in Summit and New Regency’s sci-fi thriller The Darkest Hour with Emile Hirsch and Olivia Thirlby.
Chris Gorak (Right at Your Door) will direct the $40 million film, which centers on a group of kids struggling to survive in Russia after an alien invasion. Les Bohem and Jon Spaihts wrote the screenplay.
The film is set to shoot this summer in Moscow with Tom Jacobson and Timur Bekmambetov producing.
