"Twilight" star Robert Pattinson's next film puts him about as far from the tween demographic as possible. He's just signed on to the thriller "Mission: Blacklist," where he'll play the military interrogator who helped capture Saddam Hussein.

“This movie is a gripping, edge of your seat thriller,” producer Ross M. Dinerstein said in a statement. “I have been inspired by Robert and Jean-Stéphane’s dedication to tell this story in the most authentic way possible.”

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire will direct from a screenplay adapted by “Band of Brothers” writer/producer Erik Jendresen. ("Mission: Blacklist" is based on the Eric Maddox book of the same name.) Sauvaire's previous film, "Johnny Mad Dog," about child soldiers in Africa, won the Prize of Hope at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

Pattinson's next move, the eagerly anticipated “Cosmopolis” from David Cronenberg, premieres at the Cannes Film Festival later this month.

[via Deadline]