Devin at CHUD (http://www.chud.com) recently spoke with writer/director Jeremy Passmore ("Special"), who revealed that he is working on a gangster story script for horror master John Carpenter. Aside from the two "Masters of Horror" short films he did for Showtime, Carpenter has not directed a film since 2001's "Ghosts of Mars."

According to Passmore:

"The premise is that this guy was the most [badass] gangster of all time in Las Vegas, and he's left the life and created this whole new world. His wife died but he's raising his kid. He's living in the middle of nowhere and he's this very religious, trying to live a straight life guy. His daughter is now going to school at UCLA and she disappears, and he goes looking for her. The trail leads to Vegas and he has to go get her, and the entire city kind of comes down on top of him."

For more details, including some tidbits about the tone of the film, click on the link below for more info.