EXCLUSIVE : David Gordon Green has committed to direct Supermax , the high-concept thriller that Miramax has fast-tracked for a spring production start.

The action thriller was scripted by David Weil & David J. Rosen, whose team-ups include the TV series Hunters and Invasion . Miramax won the spec in a bidding battle last May, with The Picture Company partners Alex Heineman and Andrew Rona producing.

The pic is described as a propulsive thriller with two FBI agents investigating a murder perpetrated within the world’s most secure prison.

Miramax’s CEO Jonathan Glickman, President of Film Alexandra Loewy and COO Thom Zadra are attached as executive producers. The scribes also are executive producers, and Natalie Laine Williams is associate producer. SVP Spencer Ela is ove

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