Washington DC: On the heels of his breakout turn as his late uncle Michael Jackson in Michael, actor Jaafar Jackson has found his next project in the action thriller Supermax, reported Deadline.
According to Deadline, the actor has joined the cast alongside Will Smith and AnnaSophia Robb. The details of his role are being kept under wraps, but it is said to be pivotal to the film's central plot, revolving around two FBI agents (Smith and Robb) 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. The Picture Company partners Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman are producing alongside Smith and Adam Fishbach for Westbrook Studios.
According to the outlet, writers Weil and Rosen will executive produce alongside associate producer Natalie Laine Williams.
Miramax CEO Jonathan Glickman, President of Film Alexandra Loewy, COO Thom Zadra, and SVP Spencer Ela will also executive produce, alongside James Lassiter and Miguel Melendez for Westbrook Studios.
Jackson garnered critical acclaim for his transformative performance as the King of Pop in Michael, the film from Antoine Fuqua, which now stands as the highest-grossing biopic of all time, ahead of Oppenheimer and Bohemian Rhapsody.
Directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by John Logan, Michael follows Jackson's rise to fame, covering his journey from performing with the Jackson 5 alongside his brothers in the 1960s to his Bad tour in the late 1980s.
Michael Jackson's nephew, Jaafar Jackson, portrayed the lead role as the pop icon, while Juliano Valdi played the younger Michael Jackson. Both made their film debuts in Michael.
Colman Domingo and Nia Long portrayed Jackson's parents, Joe and Katherine. The project was developed with the support of several members of Jackson's family years after his death in 2009 at the age of 50, according to Variety.