MUMBAI: Natalie Dormer has been confirmed to star in the Stefan Ruzowitzky's upcoming zombie movie Patient Zero.

The movie is based around a mutated form of rabies that turns the infected predators into a new species, addicted to violence and with its own language and one man has ‘the unique ability to speak with the undead’ and sets out on a mission to find the cure and save his zombified wife.

Scripted by Mike Le, Vincent Newman is set to produce the film through his company Vincent Newman Entertainment. The movie is yet to be given a release date.

Meanwhile, Dormer will next be seen playing Cressida in 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 in November and then again in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 next year.

The blonde beauty has a string of movies under her belt - including A Long Way From Home, Rush, and The Counselor - but is best known for playing Margaery Tyrell in HBO series Game of Thrones.