Cillian Murphy boards 'The Retreat'

Cillian Murphy has reportedly joined the cast of British thriller The Retreat.

The Inception star joins Thandie Newton in the project helmed by Alien Vs Predator editor and first-time director Carl Tibbetts, reports Gossip Cop.

Murphy and Newton will play a married couple who run across a biohazard-suited soldier while on vacation on a remote island. The soldier warns them about an airborne virus that has killed everyone on the mainland.

David Frost is producing the film, which will be distributed by Sony Pictures in the UK.