Internet boyfriends Dylan O’Brien and Hudson Williams have signed on to star in the dark comedy thriller Apparatus. Canadian actress Sofia Banzhaf, known for starring in Dream Scenario, makes her feature directorial debut from a script she co-wrote with Grayson Moore.

The film follows a struggling rideshare driver, Tyler (Williams), as he falls under the influence of a self-styled entrepreneur, JP (O’Brien), who offers him a future in his handheld-massager business. What first appears to be a dream opportunity unravels as JP pulls Tyler into a violent, downward spiral.

Banzhaf will produce the feature alongside Moore, Daniel Bekerman (The Witch, Ready or Not) for Scythia Films, Julie Baldassi for Younger Daughter Films, and Brian Robertson. Neil Mathieson (Clown in a Cornfield) executive produces.

Production dates on Apparatus are being finalised, so a release date is not yet confirmed.

O’Brien was recently seen in Sam Raimi’s horror-comedy two-hander Send Help, as well as in the award-winning dark comedy Twinless. He received a Sundance Jury Award win and a Spirit Award nomination for his dual roles in the latter. Hudson Williams, meanwhile, has been in the public eye for his breakout role in the cultural phenomenon Heated Rivalry, in which he stars opposite Connor Storrie.

Banzhaf previously directed the short film I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.