Overview
- Amazon MGM secured worldwide rights in a deal reported at about $70 million for a Prime Video debut, a pact disclosed Thursday by multiple trades.
- Smith will play FBI agent Rex in a murder mystery set inside the world’s most secure prison, with a female partner role still to be cast.
- David Gordon Green directs from a script by David Weil and David J. Rosen, whose TV credits include Hunters and Invasion.
- Production is targeting a mid-to-late August start, casting is underway, and no release date has been announced.
- CAA Media Finance brokered the pre-Cannes acquisition, with The Picture Company and Smith’s Westbrook producing and Miramax executives attached as executive producers.