Hailee Steinfeld has joined the cast of Phillip Noyce's upcoming action thriller For The Dogs.

Based on Paul Leyden's adaptation of Kevin Wignall's novel, the film will center on an assassin (Sam Worthington), who helps a teenager (Hailee Steinfeld) exact revenge on the group that murdered her family members.

Phillip Noyce is directing from a script by Oren Moverman. Anthony Rhulen, Navid McIlhargey, Sam Worthington, John Schwarz and Michael Schwarz are producing.

Hailee Steinfeld is best known for her role as Mattie Ross in True Grit and will next be seen in Gavin Hood's Ender's Game.

No production schedule has been released.