Michelle Monaghan is set to star opposite Michael Keaton in director Joseph Ruben’s (Sleeping with the Enemy) new psych-thriller Penthouse North. Monaghan will play a traumatized photojournalist whose penthouse hideaway is invaded by a sadistic criminal (Keaton) in search of a hidden fortune.

Says Ruben:

Michelle Monaghan is an incredible actor whom audiences love and connect with completely. And Michael Keaton can do it all. He has a special talent for creating complicated villains who are dark, charming and ultimately terrifying. Put these actors together, and you’ve got the makings for a hell of a thriller.

Ruben is producing Penthouse North with American Psycho producer Jeff Sackman and the film’s writer David Loughery (Nurse 3-D, Obsessed). Keaton will serve as executive producer. The project is set to shoot this fall in Ottawa, Ontario.

Monaghan is coming off the Duncan Jones-directed sci-fi actioner The Source Code. The 35-year-old former model also starred in D.J. Caruso’s tech-thriller Eagle Eye and J.J. Abrams’ Mission Impossible III.