Smith to Lead High-Stakes Prison Thriller Supermax for Amazon MGM
TL;DR
Will Smith will star in the action-thriller Supermax, directed by David Gordon Green, with Amazon MGM Studios securing worldwide rights from Miramax in a deal around $70 million. Production is set to begin mid-August, with the story following two FBI agents investigating a murder in the world’s most secure prison; the project is expected to be a streaming release, not a theatrical one, and involves The Picture Company and Westbrook in production.
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