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Nicolas Cage and director John Carpenter might be working together soon on a prison thriller called Scared Straight.

The story centers on 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.

The start date might be October.

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Legendary horror director John Carpenter is reported to be helming Scared Straight for Nu Image / Millennium Films. The movie follows a group of juvenile delinquents who are trapped inside a prison as part of the “Scared Straight” program when a large-scale riot breaks out. It is up to inmate Karl Rix to save the kids.

Nicolas Cage is being reported to play Rix. The project was previously set up at New Line Cinema with Rob Cohen attached to direct. Shooting begins this Fall.

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