I am – Hercules!!


It looks like Nicolas Cage, who has seen more than his share of cell walls thanks to “Raising Arizona,” “Face/Off,” “The Rock,” and “Con Air,” is headed back to stir.

He’s negotiating to star in “Scared Straight,” likely to be directed by John Carpenter, whose own experience with penal institutions includes “Escape From New York” and “Escape From L.A.”

The Hollywood Reporter has the plot:

"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.

Read all of the trade paper’s story on the matter here.