Prometheus‘ Idris Elba is in negotiations to star in MGM’s supernatural sci-fi thriller Deeper, reports Heat Vision.

Baltasar Kormakur, the filmmaker behind survival dramas Everest and Adrift, is sitting behind the camera for the feature, which has a script written by Max Landis (Bright, Victor Frankenstein, Chronicle).

Deeper is supernatural thriller that centers on a disgraced astronaut, to be played by Elba, who is on a deep-sea dive exploring a newly discovered trench but soon finds himself confronted by a sinister and dangerous force.

The tone has been described as being similar to recent hits Gravity and The Martian.

The site recounts the history: MGM paid seven figures to acquire the script in 20126 from the high-priced scribe Landis. The project also had Bradley Cooper and Gal Gadot attached to star and Kornel Mundruczo, the Hungarian director behind White God, attached to direct. However, one by one the players fell off and MGM was forced to decide whether to let it go or rebuild. It chose the latter.

David Goyer, Kevin Turen, Russell Ackerman, John Schoenfelder and Landis are producing the project.