Is Matt Smith "Patient Zero"?

Former Doctor Who star Matt Smith is set to join the action thriller "Patient Zero" says. Deadline.

The story focuses on an unprecedented global rabies pandemic that causes the evolution of a new species - violence-addicted predators. An inexplicably gifted human survivor with the ability to speak the new mutant language leads a hunt to find a cure.

No details on who Smith will be playing in the film but he will act opposite "Game of Thrones" and "Rush" co-star Natalie Dormer.

Mike Le penned the script from which Stefan Ruzowitzky's calling the shots.

Vincent Newman is producing the film.