BLOODY-DISGUSTING.COM Your best source for the latest horror news, reviews, interviews, and more... John Carpenter Becomes 'Scared Straight' http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/13145 Print This Page This isn't even close to horror, but it is John Carpenter, so I'll let this be the one and only post about this movie. Nicolas Cage and director John Carpenter are in final negotiations to team up for a prison thriller titled SCARED STRAIGHT, which 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, which was rewritten by Ron Brinkerhoff. An October start is being eyed. Source: