By Andrés Buenahora

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Ashley Greene, Thomas Kretschmann and Praya Lundberg have joined the cast of Anthony Hopkins-starrer “Eyes in the Trees.” Palisades Park Pictures is launching worldwide sales of the sci-fi thriller in advance of the Toronto International Film Festival.

The film, a modern reimagining of H.G. Wells' novel "The Island of Doctor Moreau," stars two-time Academy Award winner Hopkins ("The Father," "Silence of the Lambs") and also features Golden Globe winner Rhys Meyers ("Michael Collins," "Match Point"), Greene ("The Twilight Saga," "Bombshell"), Kretschmann ("Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny," "King Kong") and Lundberg ("White Lotus," Season 3).

"Eyes in the Trees" follows "a video journalist and his film crew who travel to a remote forest, only to find their excursion turns into a fight for survival, not just for themselves, but for the entire human race. Vince Henway (Meyers) and his former protégé-turned-ex Channing Arneau (Greene) lead their crew into the heart of Monkey Ko off the coast of Thailand. Also known as 'The Island of Death' to locals, the island is home to rumors of forgotten government medical experiments and scientific genetic manipulation led by Dr. Addis (Hopkins). What they find on the island is beyond their wildest expectations, a product of nightmares. Their search for answers quickly turns into a fight for survival as they attempt to thwart Dr. Addis' plan to 'regress' humanity and kill most of the Earth's human population," reads the film's logline.