Malin Akerman joins Ethan Hawke in 'Numbers'

Actress Malin Akerman is the latest to join Kasper Barfoed's upcoming CIA thriller "The Numbers Station," which already has Ethan Hawke on board as the lead character. F. Scott Frazier wrote the script.

Variety says Hawke plays a black ops agent who fights for survival when he and the woman he has to protect are suddenly attacked in the middle of the Nevada desert. The film will shoot early next year.

Akerman has been pretty active lately. She starred in "Watchmen," "Couples Retreat" and "The Proposal," and she has "Happythankyoumoreplease," "Elektra Luxx" and "The Romantics" coming soon.