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.