Rob Cohen Helming Scared Straight
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
September 27, 2006
Rob Cohen has signed on to direct Scared Straight, a prison thriller for New Line Cinema, says The Hollywood Reporter. Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson are producing through their Contrafilm.
The film centers on 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 with other street kids and a con to stop the riot.
Cohen said the setting will not be an old, traditional prison but rather an ultra high-tech slammer. "It's going to be a sophisticated, state-of-the-art prison, which of course will be its weakness."
Ron Brinkerhoff, who penned Contrafilm's The Guardian, is rewriting.
Cohen's previous credits include The Fast and the Furious, XXX and Stealth. He also is writing a biopic of filmmaker Russ Meyer and his wife titled King of the Nudies, which he plans to direct.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
September 27, 2006
Rob Cohen has signed on to direct Scared Straight, a prison thriller for New Line Cinema, says The Hollywood Reporter. Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson are producing through their Contrafilm.
The film centers on 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 with other street kids and a con to stop the riot.
Cohen said the setting will not be an old, traditional prison but rather an ultra high-tech slammer. "It's going to be a sophisticated, state-of-the-art prison, which of course will be its weakness."
Ron Brinkerhoff, who penned Contrafilm's The Guardian, is rewriting.
Cohen's previous credits include The Fast and the Furious, XXX and Stealth. He also is writing a biopic of filmmaker Russ Meyer and his wife titled King of the Nudies, which he plans to direct.
