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EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a large one. Will Smith has conscionable committed to prima successful David Gordon Green-directed action-thriller Supermax, astir 2 FBI agents investigating a execution that’s taken spot successful nan world’s astir unafraid prison.
In a woody pegged successful nan $70M range, Amazon MGM Studios has this week closed a pact for worldwide authorities to nan Miramax project, which will people Smith’s first non-franchise workplace movie successful caller years. We understand this 1 will beryllium a streaming play and not a theatrical release.
Additional casting is underway — Smith’s FBI supplier partner is simply a female portion — pinch accumulation group to statesman mid-August. Pic is written by David Weil and David J. Rosen, known for their activity connected nan TV bid Hunters and Invasion. The Picture Company partners Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman are producing. Will Smith and Adam Fishbach will nutrient for Smith’s Westbrook. CAA Media Finance brokered nan deal.
There was a chance this task made it to nan Cannes marketplace but nan workplace swooped successful up of clip to make judge that didn’t happen. From Amazon, it’s a ballot of assurance successful nan project, but besides successful Smith. The workplace will person noted nan beardown container agency for Bad Boys: Ride Or Die, which came 2 twelvemonth aft nan actor’s damaging Oscars slap incident and is his only movie successful nan past 4 years.
Gordon Green is coming disconnected a drawstring of successful genre movies, including aggregate instalments successful nan Halloween franchise. This will beryllium his biggest fund movie to day arsenic a filmmaker. He astir precocious directed Amazon TV series Scarpetta.
Weil and Rosen will besides executive-produce, alongside subordinate shaper Natalie Laine Williams. Miramax CEO Jonathan Glickman, President of Film Alexandra Loewy, COO Thom Zadra, and SVP Spencer Ela are attached arsenic executive producers.
There’s plentifulness of connective insubstantial here. The Picture Company is presently successful accumulation connected Supermax co-writer David Weil’s characteristic directorial debut, nan Amazon MGM Studios’ thriller Tyrant, starring Charlize Theron, Julia Garner and Demi Moore. The Complete Unknown outfit besides precocious landed nan Mark Wahlberg-starring action thriller The Operator at Netflix. Supermax reunites Green pinch co-writer Rosen, who created nan Apple TV series Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, which Green directed connected and executive-produced. Weil is besides penning nan Evan Gershkovich movie for Edward Berger and Chris Hemsworth-starring action film Extraction 3 for Netflix.
Will Smith is repped by CAA, Westbrook, and Sloane, Offer.
