Actor Aaron Pierre will feature alongside Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal in filmmaker Garth Davis' upcoming movie "Foe".
Pierre, the star of M Night Shyamalan's "Old" and Barry Jenkins' series "The Underground Railroad", has replaced LaKeith Stanfield in the project.
According to Deadline, Amazon Studios has acquired the project for a deal worth "north of USD 30 million".
Based on author Iain Reid's bestselling novel, "Lion" director Davis will helm the film from a script he wrote with the author.
The project is being described as a "taut, sensual, psychological mind-bender" set in the near future where corporate power and environmental decay are ravaging the planet.
Junior (Mescal) and Hen (Ronan) are a young couple married seven years and living a solitary life on their isolated farm. One night, a stranger named Terrance (Pierre) knocks on their door, bringing news that throws their lives into turmoil: Junior has been randomly selected to travel to a large, experimental space station orbiting Earth.
The most unusual part? Arrangements have already been made so that when he leaves, Hen won't have a chance to miss him, because she won't be left alone. Hen will have familiar company that pushes her to make a life-changing decision, as per the official plotline.
"Foe" will start production in Australia next year.
The movie will be produced by Kerry Kohansky-Roberts of Anonymous Content Studios, Davis through his I Am That shingle, and See-Saw Films' Emile Sherman and Iain Canning.
