Stephens & Lotz Start "The Machine"

Toby Stephens and Caity Lotz have snagged the lead roles in the romantic sci-fi action thriller "The Machine" says THR . 

The film is set in the near future during a new Cold War and Britain’s Ministry of Defense on the verge of developing a human-looking robotic soldier (Lotz). A bug in the programming causes the prototype to destroy the lab and everyone in its path in spectacularly violent fashion.

John Giwa-Amu will produce the pic. Jamie Carmichael is serving as executive producer

Prodution kicks off July 23rd in Cardiff, Wales.