Chris Hemsworth is set to star in the Amazon MGM deep-sea thriller “Subversion,” directed by Patrick Vollrath.

Produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and written by Andrew Ferguson, the story has been described as a “Die Hard on a submarine” style thriller that centers on a “once-promising Naval commander (Hemsworth) who is blackmailed by a cartel-like operation into piloting a dangerous submarine carrying illegal cargo across international waters. Thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, the man must outmaneuver blockades and navigate perilous threats both in and outside of the submarine.”

Director Vollrath received an Oscar nomination for his 2016 short film “Everything Will Be Okay,” and made his feature directorial debut with the airplane thriller “7500” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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