Magnet Releasing announced today that it has acquired the U.S. rights to Focus Features International’s new sci-fi thriller The Last Days On Mars. The film marks the feature film debut of Ruairi Robinson and stars Liev Schreiber (“Ray Donovan”), Olivia Williams (“Dollhouse”) and stunner Romola Garai (pictured).

The synopsis reads:

On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life.

Unwilling to let the relief crew claim all the glory, he goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses, and he falls into a deep crevice and near certain death.

His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes they start to suspect that the life-form they have discovered is not yet dead. As the group begins to fall apart it seems their only hope is the imminent arrival of the relief ship Aurora.

Garai is best known for her work in dramatic fare your mom watches such as the period drama Atonement, the Anne Hathaway romance One Day and the Liam Neeson and Antonio Banderas relationship thriller The Other Man. The British babe has only one horror cred to her name: Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights.

The Last Days On Mars will be released on VOD later this year.