John Carpenter gets "Uncaged" in 2009!

by Matt Holmes

Promo art for legend John Carpenter's first movie in over SEVEN YEARS has hit the web. Shock Till You Drop carry a piece of exclusive promo art from next year's film RIOT with the tagline "Uncaged 2009" as sadly, Nicolas Cage is leading. But not even that fact is getting me down. Carpenter (THE THING, HALLOWEEN, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13) is making a movie RIGHT NOW! Previously titled SCARED STRAIGHT, the movie is a prison thriller about a lifer (Cage) who befriends a younger inmate on a short term "delinquent teens" sentence and shows him the ways of prison life. The very early promo poster comes from the American Film Market expo. Ron L. Brinkerhoff (THE GUARDIAN) wrote the screenplay with first time screenwriter Joe Gazam. The movie is currently in pre-production for a release next year.

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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.