EXCLUSIVE: Jason Clarke has closed a deal to join Supermax, the new action-thriller from Amazon MGM Studios and Miramax, Deadline has learned.
Character details are under wraps. The Australian actor is the second of the week to join following Jaafar Jackson, the breakout star of Lionsgate’s Michael.
The pair will share the screen with Will Smith and AnnaSophia Robb, who play 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.
Recently seen leading the series The Last Frontier and Murdaugh: Death in the Family for Apple and Hulu, respectively, Clarke is currently in talks for a role in Michael Mann’s Heat 2. We were first to report on him being eyed for the anticipated Amazon MGM/UA sequel back in May.
Most recently on set of A Quiet Place 3 for Paramount/Skydance and director John Krasinski, Clarke will also be seen coming up in the Amazon MGM thriller Ally Clark with Viola Davis, as well as Tom McCarthy’s The Statement for Sony Pictures Classics, and Warner Bros.’ Taylor Sheridan-penned F.A.S.T.
CAA Media Finance brokered the deal between Miramax and Amazon MGM, which will release Supermax on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
Clarke is repped by Robert Stein Management, CAA, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.
