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Robert Pattinson is headed into the Amazon.

The actor has signed on to star opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in The Lost City of Z, an adaption of David Grann’s 2009 novel that chronicles British explorer Percy Fawcett, who disappeared in 1925 while searching the jungle for a mythical lost city.

It’s unclear at this time just what role Pattinson is taking on in the project.

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The actor – who is still in love with Kristen Stewart!!! – recently wrapped filming on David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars and will next star in David Michod’s thriller The Rover.

Stewart, meanwhile, also just signed on for a new movie role.

She will reunite with Adventureland co-star Jesse Eisenberg for the independent comedy American Ultra.