Toby Kebbell, last seen playing a very British-sounding ancient Persian prince in Prince Of Persia, has signed on to star in The Veteran, a new indie drama that tackles the military’s efforts to track suspected terrorists in Britain.

Kebbell will be starring alongside the likes of Brian Cox, Ashley Thomas, Adi Bielski and Tom Brooke as a solder who returns home from Afghanistan and is recruited to become an undercover operative keeping tabs on possible troublemakers. But as he gets deeper into the mission, he starts to uncover disturbing links between how the government agencies are conducting the war on drugs and combating terror.

Matthew Hope, who most recently directed zombie horror The Vanguard, has kicked off shooting for a release some time next year.