Max Minghella has joined the cast of The Darkest Hour. The sci-fi thriller follows a group of Americans struggling to survive in Russia in the wake of an alien invasion. Emile Hirsch and Olivia Thirlby also star. Chris Gorak will direct the movie which begins filming this summer in Moscow. Tom Jacobson and Timur Bekmambetov are producing. Minghella appears in David Fincher’s Facebook movie The Social Network which opens later this year.