Production is underway in New South Wales on Amazon MGM Studios and Miramax's Supermax, with support from Screen NSW's Made in NSW Fund.
The action thriller features an all-star ensemble cast led by Will Smith, AnnaSophia Robb, Jason Clarke and Jaafar Jackson, who will be joined by newly announced castmates Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Andrés Almeida, Martin Bats Bradford and Erika Ringor. With cameras now rolling in Sydney, the major feature film is estimated to contribute over $53 million in expenditure to the state's local economy and create 290 local jobs.
Supermax follows two FBI agents investigating a seemingly impossible murder within the impenetrable walls of a maximum-security prison. David Gordon Green is directing from a script by David Weil and David J. Rosen, with The Picture Company’s Andrew Rona & Alex Heineman producing alongside Smith and Adam Fishbach for Westbrook Studios.
Weil and Rosen are exec producing alongside Miramax CEO Jonathan Glickman, President of Film Alexandra Loewy, COO Thom Zadra and SVP Spencer Ela, as well as James Lassiter and Miguel Melendez for Westbrook Studios, with Natalie Laine Williams serving as associate producer.
Supermax is the latest international blockbuster to land in NSW, joining recent projects including Netflix features Extraction 3, starring Chris Hemsworth and Idris Elba, and The Big Fix, starring Mark Wahlberg and Riz Ahmed, along with cosmic sci-fi thriller Starman, starring Brendan Fraser, Jeff Daniels and Claudia Karvan, and Apple Original Film Greyhound 2 starring Tom Hanks and Stephen Graham.
Image: L-R: Will Smith (credit Lorenzo Agius), AnnaSophia Robb (credit Huy Luong), Jaafar Jackson (credit Jonathan Jacobs)
