Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg have added another prestige title to their Cannes slate, boarding international rights to the Phillip Noyce thriller to star Jack Huston and Emilia Clarke.

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Chris Gerolmo adapted Above Suspicion from the book of the same name by New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey about an FBI agent who embarks on a disastrous affair with an Appalachian mountain town informant.

Huston will star later this year in Ben-Hur, while Clarke is one of the leads in the TV smash Game Of Thrones.

Colleen Camp of Colleen Camp Productions produces with Dubai-based businessman Mohamed Airafi and Tim Degraye, who are also financing the project. Angela Amato-Velez and Amy Adelson also produce.

The project is being fast-tracked and principal photography is scheduled to begin on May 23.

Jay Cohen at The Gersh Agency will represent US rights to the film.

Sierra / Affinity’s Cannes sales slate includes the Andrew Niccol sci-fi Anon, to star Clive Owen and Amanda Seyfried.