Cage and Carpenter Team for Scared Straight

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=47516

Source: The Hollywood Reporter
August 1, 2008


Nicolas Cage and director John Carpenter are in final negotiations to team up for a prison thriller titled Scared Straight, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Nu Image/Millennium Films would finance the film and is in negotiations with Contrafilm's Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson along with Randall Emmett and George Furla to produce. Avi Lerner also would produce.

"Straight" follows a troubled youth who's sent to prison off the Scared Straight crime-prevention program, which imprisons delinquent teens for a short period in the hopes of deterring them from a life of crime. While the teen is there, a riot breaks out and the prisoners take him hostage. A lifer, played by Cage, is forced to help the young man out.

Joe Gazzam wrote the original spec script, which was rewritten by Ron Brinkerhoff. Noah Rosen is executive producing as is Rob Cohen, who was attached to direct at one point.

An October start is being eyed.

 

[oakzap425]

Uh, no?

WTF.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Con Air minus the Air.

Kidding aside, John Carpenter is awesome and it sounds like an interesting concept.

 

[FireFlys Enigma]

Con Air minus the Air.

Kidding aside, John Carpenter is awesome and it sounds like an interesting concept.

HaHa... I was going to say Con Air meets The Rock.

It's Carpenter, so I will give this a shot!!!

 

[Kevin Roegele]

How long has it been since Carpenter made a film that didn't suck?

 

[FireFlys Enigma]

How long has it been since Carpenter made a film that didn't suck?

I would say, IMO, it would be In The Mouth of Madness and They Live.

 

[ttotheusher]

I want to get excited for another Carpenter film, but in all sincerity, LA Gothic sounded better.

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=50281

 

[PyroChamber]

So it's called Riot now.

 

[Space Moose]

To be honest, Vampires and Ghosts of Mars were okay. Just pretty poor by Carpenter standards. But this sounds awesome. Still waitng for more news sorrounding The Prince.