AnnaSophia Robb Joins Will Smith in Supermax
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- AnnaSophia Robb is set to join Will Smith in the Amazon MGM Studios and Miramax thriller 'Supermax,' playing his young partner as two detectives enter a Supermax prison to solve a mysterious murder.
- David Gordon Green is directing 'Supermax,' written by David Weil and David J. Rosen (known for the TV series 'Hunters' and 'Invasion'), with The Picture Company's Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman producing alongside Smith's Westbrook.
- Amazon MGM Studios is closing a deal for worldwide distribution rights, making 'Supermax' available in more than 240 countries and territories on Prime Video, with CAA Media Finance brokering the deal between Amazon and Miramax.
- Robb currently stars in Amazon MGM's upcoming 'I Play Rocky' biographical drama (world premiering at September's Toronto Film Festival) and will recur in Prime Video's 'Overcompensating' Season 2, coming off rave reviews for her turn in the Netflix film 'Rebel Ridge.'
- Miramax executives Jonathan Glickman (CEO), Alexandra Loewy (President of Film), Thom Zadra (COO) and Spencer Ela (SVP) will executive produce alongside Weil, Rosen, and associate producer Natalie Laine Williams.
Why it matters: The casting deepens Amazon MGM's relationship with both Will Smith and AnnaSophia Robb — Smith as a producer-actor, Robb across at least three Amazon titles — while securing global Prime Video distribution across 240+ countries and territories. It also reunites director David Gordon Green with co-writer David J. Rosen from the Apple TV series 'Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed.'
