He American actor Will Smith will play an FBI agent in the new action movie supermax, a production set in a maximum security prison that follows the story of two agents who investigate a crime inside the most dangerous prison in the world.
Amazon MGM bought the rights to the film from Miramax for US$70 million, making it one of the studio’s most ambitious bets for streaming, according to the specialized website deadline. Production is scheduled to begin in mid-August and will be released on streaming, without going to movie theaters.
Directed by David Gordon Greenknown for films like halloween and The Exorcist: Believeras well as for television projects such as Scarpetta, supermax It will be the film with the highest budget of his career, according to international media. The script is by David Weil and David J. Rose, and the cast is still being selected.
After Will Smith’s reputation was affected in 2022 by the controversial slap he gave to Chris Rock during the Oscars gala, The actor successfully returned to the big screen with Bad Boys: Ride or Diein 2024.
In addition, he has tried his luck as a singer and producer of series such as Cobra Kai either Bel-Air. With supermax It is expected that his fame will continue to rise, since It will be his first studio film outside of a franchise in recent years.
Although no further plot details have been revealed yet, supermax It has been described as a “fast-paced action thriller.” The story will follow two fbi agents who arrive at a maximum security prison to investigate a homicide, which will trigger a dangerous series of events within the prison complex.
Production could begin in mid-August and be released on streaming, although the date has not been revealed at this time.
The actor shared a short video on his Instagram account in which he shows a page from the film’s script.where the names of the director and screenwriters stand out.