Actor Kirsten Dunst has been roped in to star in writer-director Alex Garland's upcoming action film Civil War. Dunst joins a cast that includes Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Cailee Spaeny.

Details about the plot are being kept under wraps, however, the film is described as an action epic that takes place in a near-future America

The film is produced by A24 in association with Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich of DNA and Gregory Goodman.

Garland previously joined hands with DNA for Ex Machina, Annihilation, and Men. Meanwhile, Kirsten recently received a SAG award nomination for her performance as Rose Gordon in The Power of the Dog opposite Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee.