NEW YORK -- Chris Noth will co-star opposite actor-director Carl T. Evans in "Frame of Mind," which centers on a police detective who uncovers a widespread government conspiracy.

"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" star Noth will play a college professor skeptical of a New Jersey detective's discovery. Production on the indie film is slated to begin in October in the Garden State.

In addition to playing the detective and helming the project, Evans is writing and producing it with Charles Kipps, a longtime friend of Noth and executive producer on the 1998 "Law & Order" TV movie "Exiled."

Noth's recent credits include Mark Rosman's "The Perfect Man," Charles Stone III's "Mr. 3000" and the long-running HBO series "Sex and the City."

This is Evans' sophomore film; he wrote and directed last year's drama "Walking on the Sky."

Noth is repped by CAA and Sanders/Armstrong.