Christian Slater and Cuba Gooding Jr. are joining Nu Image and Millennium Films' action/comedy "Lies & Illusions" says Variety.

The story centers on a novelist being hunted by a spy who believes the writer holds millions of dollars in diamonds stolen by his dead fiancee. Sarah Ann Schultz, Christa Campbell, Al Madrigal and Lochlyn Munro also star.

"Lies" is directed by Tibor Takacs ("Mega Snake") from a script by Eric James. Shooting begins this week in Spokane, Washington.