Lily James has joined the cast of Subversion

Lily James has joined the cast of Subversion.

The 36-year-old actress will star alongside Chris Hemsworth in the thriller that has been described as "Die Hard on a submarine".

The story centres on a once-promising naval commander (Hemsworth) who is blackmailed by a cartel-like organisation into piloting a dangerous submarine carrying illegal goods across international waters.

He is thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with a Coast Guard officer (James) in pursuit and must get past blockades and survive perilous threats from both inside and outside the submarine.

The film is being directed by Patrick Vollrath for Amazon MGM and is being produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura for di Bonaventura Pictures alongside Stephen Shafer and Greg Cohen.

Production gets underway in September in Australia.