Forest Whitaker has booked a starring role in the action thriller “How It Ends” to be directed by David M. Rosenthal from a screenplay by Brooks McLaren.

Whitaker joins Theo James in the Sierra/Affinity-developed project (with Paul Schiff Productions) which Netflix has picked up global distribution rights to.

“How It Ends” is set during a mysterious apocalyptic event and follows a young father who fights to get home to his pregnant wife on the other side of the country.

No word on what role Whitaker has signed up to play.

Sierra/Affinity is financing the film.

Paul Schiff, Tai Duncan, Kelly McCormick, and Patrick Newall serve as producers. Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg will executive produce.

Whitaker’s busy both in front of and behind the camera as a producer of several indie films of note; coming up, he’ll appear in feature films “LAbyrinth,” “Finding Steve McQueen,” “The Forgiven” and “Black Panther.”

“How It Ends” begins production next month in Winnipeg, Canada.