Nicolas Cage and director John Carpenter are supposedly ready to team up for prison thriller Scared Straight.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Scared 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.

An October production date is likely but is unsure at this point.

I love Nic Cage though most of his recent stuff, to me it has fallen short. I think this is a good role for him and it is always good to see John Carpenter in the director chair.  Prison films are hit or miss though and this one seems to have a somewhat interesting plot based around a hostage situation involving the “scared- straight” program, which I think is a somewhat unique idea. This is one of those that I will have to wait and see what a trailer looks like.  Cage’s next upcoming film is Bangkok Dangerous, where he plays an assasin in Bangkok that helps a deaf and mute girl.