Actor Nicolas Cage and legendary horror film director John Carpenter are in final negotiations with Nu Image/Millenium to make a prison thriller titled “Scared Straight”.

The “Scared Straight” synopsis is about a young teenage boy who is sent to an adult prison who is sentenced there for a short period of time. While the teen serves his sentence in an adult prison, a riot breaks out and prison inmates hold him hostage. Nic Cage plays a prisoner who is serving a life sentence (that’s what being a “lifer” means) and he is forced to rescue the troubled teen from the other prisoners.

Nicolas Cage is currently filming “Bad Lieutenant” remake which also stars Val Kilmer and Eva Mendes.

The Hollywood Reporter reports:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i7208006e0cd86469299b9b1b8127609d

Hmmm, Cage in a prison film again? Remember the film “Con Air”? That was one of my favorite films of his.

A lot of people don’t really care for Nicolas Cage but I like the guy a lot. He’s very enjoyable and he’s a good actor.

He’s a busy hard working actor who never seems to stop. It’s about time he’s got the opportunity to team up with John Carpenter when that should have happened a long time ago! This film is gonna be fuckin’ sweet!

Kev