DEATH SENTENCE
Written by: Brian Garfield and Ian Jeffers
Based on the novel by Brian Garfield
GENRE: Suspense Thriller

LOG LINE: From the director of SAW and the man who brought us the seminal DEATH WISH comes the story of what happens when a man's family is victimized by gang violence and he decides to do something about it.

SYNOPSIS: When John Hume's son is killed by a group of gang-bangers his life is torn apart.

His one salve is that the killer was caught at the crime scene, but when the justice department offers up 6 months in prison as retribution, he knows there must be something better, something that will allow his family to move on.

Surprising himself, he retracts his testimony as the lone witness, essentially killing the case, and begins to look for another means for justice.

It comes to him in the form of violence, which simultaneously gives him the relief he's looking for and puts his family on a path towards death, as the rest of the gang comes looking for their
revenge.

TIME PERIOD/LOCATION: Present day - Boston

ATTACHMENTS: Partners with Hyde Park. James Wan is attached to direct. Kevin Bacon as John Hume. Also John Goodman, Aisha Tyler and Kely Preston