Nicolas Cage and director John Carpenter are in final negotiations to team up for a prison thriller titled "Scared Straight."

Plot 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. More »