Rachael Taylor will face-off against alien invaders with indie-star Olivia Thirlby in Summit Entertainment’s soon-to-shoot sci-fi thriller The Darkest Hour.

Directed by Chris Gorak (Right at Your Door), The Darkest Hour follows a group of American students vacationing in Moscow during an alien invasion. Shooting will take place in Moscow over the summer.

Taylor’s casting adds serious stroke-value to Gorak’s film, picking up the slack on Thirlby’s semi-cute-Sonic-Youth-fan-next-door looks.

Taylor’s horror/sci-fi creds include Michael Bay’s Transformers, the J-horror remake Shutter, and former-pornographer-turned-mainstream-director Gregory Dark’s See No Evil.