The film is currently eyeing an August start date after Vikander completes her work as Lara Croft on the Tomb Raider reboot.
According to Deadline, actor Armie Hammer (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Nocturnal Animals) will play the love interest of Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl, Jason Bourne, Ex Machina) in Freakshift, the new monster movie from filmmaker Ben Wheatley (High-Rise).
Hammer will next be heard in Cars 3, and will be seen opposite Dev Patel and Jason Isaacs in the drama Hotel Mumbai.
Hammer worked with Wheatley on the action movie Free Fire, which will open on April 21.