Oscar Isaac will have a country strong co-star for his next film…

The 33-year-old Guatemalan and Cuban American actor, who has been earning rave reviews for his starring role in Inside Llewyn Davis, will star opposite Garrett Hedlund in the thriller Mojave.

The William Monahan-directed film, from the filmmaker’s original script, centers on a near-suicidal artist (portrayed by Hedlund, who starred in Country Strong) who escapes into the desert to take an existential crisis head-on, only to encounter a doppelganger-like antagonist in the form of a brilliant, homicidal drifter (Isaac).

Filming on Mojave is expected to start in the next few months.