Will Smith To Star As FBI Agent In Action-Thriller ‘Supermax’ With Filming Lined Up For Summer; Amazon Takes WW Rights From Miramax In Big Deal

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a big one. Will Smith has just committed to star in David Gordon Green-directed action-thriller Supermax, about two FBI agents investigating a murder that’s taken place in the world’s most secure prison. 

In a deal pegged in the $70M range, Amazon MGM Studios has this week closed a pact for worldwide rights to the Miramax project, which will mark Smith’s first non-franchise studio movie in recent years. We understand this one will be a streaming play and not a theatrical release.

Additional casting is underway — Smith’s FBI agent partner is a female part — with production set to begin mid-August. Pic is written by David Weil and David J. Rosen, known for their work on the TV series Hunters and Invasion. The Picture Company partners Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman are producing. Will Smith and Adam Fishbach will produce for Smith’s Westbrook. CAA Media Finance brokered the deal.

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