Actors Christina Ricci, Tom Hopper and David Dastmalchian have joined the cast of indie action-thriller Can't Stop the Dawn. The film will be helmed by Marianna Palka and bankrolled by Tony Armer, Marty Poole, Michael E. Brown, Ramfis Myrthil and Jory Weitz.

Armer has written the screenplay, based on an original concept by Dale Pople. The story revolves around a terminally ill single mom (Ricci), who is hired by a mysterious agent (Hopper) to kill a ruthless leader (Dastmalchian) of a human trafficking circle for a better future of her son.