Actors Emily Hampshire and Iain Glen are set to star in the upcoming Amazon series, The Rig.

Besides the two actors, the show will also star Martin Compston, Mark Bonnar, Rochenda Sandall, Owen Teale, Richard Pepple, Calvin Demba, Emun Elliott, Abraham Popoola, Stuart McQuarrie, and Molly Vevers.

The six-part thriller will be directed by Bodyguard director John Strickland.

The show is set on the Kishorn Bravo oil rig, stationed off the Scottish coast in the dangerous waters of the North Sea. Shooting for the series will start in Scotland later this month.

"When the crew is due to return to the mainland, a mysterious and all-enveloping fog rolls through and they find themselves cut off from all communication with the shore and the outside world. As the rig is hit by massive tremors, the crew endeavour to discover what's driving the unknown force. But a major accident forces them to ask questions about who they can really trust," the official plotline reads.

The Rig is produced by Wild Mercury Productions.