"Fantastic Four" star Kate Mara has signed on to Fox's "Morgan," a sci-fi thriller that marks the feature directorial debut of Ridley Scott's son Luke Scott. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "The Witch" actress Anya Taylor-Joy is in final negotiations to star opposite her.

The 2014 Black List script by Seth Owen ("Peepers") follows a corporate risk-management consultant summoned to a remote research facility to determine whether to terminate an at-risk artificial being.

Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Elishia Holmes will produce the film under the Scott Free banner.

Mara, whose credits include "House of Cards," "American Horror Story: Murder House" and "127 Hours," is currently shooting Ridley Scott's "The Martian." She'll next be seen in director Josh Trank's "Fantastic Four."