You just have to love Sharlto Copley. The guy went from relative obscurity to becoming one of the hottest movie stars of 2009, after starring in director Neill Blomkamp‘s acclaimed film, District 9. Then he goes off and has some geeky retro fun by portraying the big-screen version of the wacky Murdock in The A-Team, and just last year ends up reuniting with Blomkamp for his latest sci-fi flick, Elysium.

Now, Deadline reports that Copley, along with Michael Nyqvist (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) have joined the cast of a space adventure film called Europa, which is currently being shopped at the Toronto International Film Festival. The screenplay was written by Philip Gelatt, and is the story of a six-person team of astronauts from various international space stations who are sent by a private sector corporation to be the first manned mission to Jupiter’s fourth moon.

The film also stars Anamaria Marinca (Un nuage dans un verre d’eau) and Daniel Wu (Inseparable). Sebastian Cordero will direct the film, and Eugenio Caballero (Pan’s Labryrinth, The Impossible) will provide production design for the project, which is slated to being principal photography this fall.

No release date has been announced for Europa.