Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Monday that Jaafar Jackson has been added to the cast of Supermax alongside Will Smith and AnnaSophia Robb.
- David Gordon Green will direct a script by David Weil and David J. Rosen about two FBI agents investigating a seemingly impossible murder inside a maximum-security prison.
- Sources say production is moving quickly with a mid‑August start planned and Amazon MGM and Miramax arranging worldwide streaming on Prime Video.
- Jackson’s specific character is being kept under wraps but is described as pivotal, and the casting follows his breakout lead in Michael, which surpassed $1 billion at the global box office.
- Will Smith is producing through Westbrook with The Picture Company partners also attached, CAA Media Finance brokered studio arrangements, and a single-source report of a roughly $70 million rights deal remains unconfirmed.