The Hollywood Reporter informs us that first-time screenwriter Joe Gazzam has sold a spec script thriller entitled "Scared Straight" to the fine folks at New Line Cinema.
"Scared Straight" is about "a governor’s teenage son who is sent to prison as part of Scared Straight, a crime-prevention program that imprisons delinquent teens for a short period in the hopes of deterring them from a life of crime. While the teenager is there, a riot breaks out and the prisoners take him hostage. He teams up with other street kids and a con to stop the riot."
Sounds a bit like Die Hard Jr., but let’s give it up for Mr. Gazzam anyway.
