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Jaafar Jackson to star in ‘Supermax’ alongside Will Smith

Jaafar Jackson attends the premiere of ‘Michael’ at Dolby Theatre on April 20, 2026, in Hollywood, California. (Christopher Patey/Getty Images for Lionsgate)

Jaafar Jackson has found his next role.

The Michael actor is set to star alongside Will Smith in the upcoming action-thriller film Supermax for Amazon MGM Studios and Miramax, ABC Audio has confirmed.

Pineapple Express and Halloween director David Gordon Green will helm the film. It is set to stream worldwide on Prime Video.

Smith will star as Rex in the film, which is described to be “a propulsive and twist-laden action thriller.” It follows two FBI agents who investigate a murder that has taken place inside the world’s most secure prison.

AnnaSophia Robb has also been cast in the film. She will seemingly play the second FBI agent along with Smith’s Rex.

David Weil and David J. Rosen, who are known for their work on the TV shows Hunters and Invasion, wrote the film. Smith will produce the movie for his company Westbrook.

Jackson, who is the nephew of Michael Jackson, portrayed his uncle in the hit biopic Michael. The Antoine Fuqua-directed film is now the highest-grossing biopic of all time, having surpassed Oppenheimer and Bohemian Rhapsody.

Supermax will mark Smith’s first onscreen appearance since the 2024 film Bad Boys: Ride or Die. That movie was his first major film part after the 2022 incident in which he slapped presenter Chris Rock onstage at the 94th Academy Awards. It was the same night he won his best actor Oscar for portraying Richard Williams in the biopic King Richard.

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Why freshmen at one high school give their mothers a goodbye kiss on their first day

▶ Watch Video: Here's the humiliating initiation ritual freshmen must go through at this Oklahoma high school For incoming freshmen at Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it's hard to imagine a more mortifying first day.  All the seniors surround their cars and don't let them out until they do one specific thing: give their mothers a goodbye kiss. "We hold the car, we hold the car door, preventing it from opening," one senior Bishop Kelly student told CBS News. "It's like initiation, like, we all did it," said another. It can also be a father or a guardian. The point is that someone needs to be publicly thanked with a peck on the cheek.  All the freshmen know this is coming. In fact, it is now a 26-year school tradition.Before this, seniors still greeted the freshmen on day one. But back then the "welcome" was a little more biting. It was based more on pranks. That is, until the class of 2001 decided to be kinder while also making the newbies feel just a little bit uncomfortable."I wouldn't have wanted to kiss my mom as a freshman," said Sister Mary Hanah, the school's president. Sister Mary Hanah said she can relate to the reluctance, but she thinks that Biblical rule, to honor thy mother and father, made the top 10 list for a reason."And you know who the happiest people are in this whole thing? ... The mothers," Sister Mary Hanah said. "This is a big moment for them, especially if this is their first child or their last child."It is a rite of passage. Which is why at Bishop Kelley, they celebrate the milestone — that sweet, fleeting moment between a parent and child — with a couple hundred screaming seniors. "The moment you drive off after dropping them to school is when it hits you," said one parent.  Added another: "He gave me that kiss and I saw him leave and that meant I have to let go."
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