Hayley Atwell joins noir thriller I, Anna

While Hayley Atwell is probably best known for her performances in period pieces(Brideshead Revisited, The Duchess), she's set to hit the mainstream in a huge way as Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger.  After that, she's set to jump into the realm of seedy film noir as Variety reports Atwell has signed on to I, Anna, based on the 1986 thriller by Elsa Lewin.

Variety describes the film as being “told from the point of view of a femme fatale who falls for the detective in charge of a murder case.”  Amazon details it as a "stark tale of a woman's revenge, set in the singles' bars and clubs of New York City." 

The aforementioned femme fatal would be Charlotte Rampling(Swimming Pool, one of my faves!), and Gabriel Byrne is the detective she gets the hots for. Atwell will play Rampling's daughter, Emmy.  Bill Milner(X-men: First Class), Eddie Marsan(Happy Go Lucky), and Honor Blackman(Bridget Jones' Diary) are on board as well.

This marks the directorial debut of Barnaby Southcombe, who also happens to be Rampling's son. Ewww, I'd be a little creeped out casting my mom as a sexy seductress.

Keeping a close eye on this one and hoping it makes it's way to our shores in the coming months.