Maika Monroe and Ed Skrein have boarded Federico D' Alessandro's sci-fi thriller Tau, with Waypoint Entertainment financing under their first look deal with Addictive Pictures. David S. Goyer (Man of Steel) and Kevin Turen (The Birth of a Nation) will produce under their Phantom Four banner alongside Russell Ackerman and John Schoenfelder for Addictive Pictures. Bloom is handling international sales at Cannes with WME repping domestic rights. The story follows a street-smart grifter, Julia (Monroe), who is the latest victim kidnapped and held captive in a fatal experiment. The only thing standing in the way of her freedom is Tau, an advanced artificial intelligence developed by Alex (Skrein), her captor.