Will Smith slipped through Sydney Airport arrivals almost unnoticed this morning, but the Hollywood star\u2019s time under the radar may be short-lived.<\/p>\n
His arrival all but confirms the Oscar winner is here to get to work on Supermax, the action thriller set to begin filming locally this month.<\/p>\n
Supermax will star Smith alongside US star AnnaSophia Robb and centres on two FBI agents investigating a murder inside the world\u2019s most secure prison. <\/p>\n
Directed by David Gordon Green from a script by David Weil and David J. Rosen, the project was picked up by Amazon MGM Studios in a deal reportedly worth about $US70 million, with the film set for release on Prime Video. <\/p>\n
Robb is said to play Smith\u2019s FBI partner, joining him on the dangerous mission inside the prison.<\/p>\n
If Smith is here for Supermax, it would make the film the latest in a string of high-profile productions shooting in NSW this year, alongside The Big Fix, Greyhound 2 and Kockroach. <\/p>\n
Netflix blockbuster Extraction 3 is also now underway in the state, with Chris Hemsworth, Idris Elba and Golshifteh Farahani officially confirmed so far. <\/p>\n
Oscar winner Brendan Fraser and Emmy winner Jeff Daniels have also been quietly filming sci-fi thriller Starman in western Sydney, adding to the sense Sydney is looking more and more like Hollywood by the day.<\/p>\n
According to Screen NSW the industry now pumps more than $1 billion into the NSW economy each year, with the benefits flowing well beyond film and television into tourism, hospitality, transport, security and regional communities.<\/p>\n
Ausfilm chief executive Kate Marks has told The Daily Telegraph the Harbourside city\u2019s appeal is no accident. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are seeing on screen, particularly in Sydney, a mix of Sydney for Sydney, but a mix of also Sydney to act out other parts of the world,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe also have world-class infrastructure and facilities, with some of the best post-production and visual effects and animation houses as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will Smith slipped through Sydney Airport arrivals almost unnoticed this morning, but the Hollywood star\u2019s time under the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":839858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[412449,412460,387329,412465,398740,384672,412450,412446,376578,412444,30862,412463,64,63,17355,447,2021,412473,376243,395569,380562,134,412452,412459,273173,412441,412466,1973,49090,110332,346297,412457,412467,412447,403167,412470,2733,412455,412468,15230,412456,27643,412476,412469,38924,117904,412475,412477,13477,38295,670,412472,412471,384339,412464,412453,281646,412448,412474,376705,412451,412443,376932,72703,412461,393148,412454,63784,390837,380397,165057,54798,381799,412445,31007,364611,6771,16861,412462,412458,16391,10221,412442],"class_list":["post-839857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-s-appeal","tag-s-fbi-partner","tag-s-time","tag-us70-million","tag-a-deal","tag-a-mix","tag-a-murder","tag-a-script","tag-a-string","tag-about-us70-million","tag-amazon-mgm-studios","tag-amazon-mgm-thriller-supermax","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cast","tag-celebrities","tag-chris-hemsworth","tag-david-gordon-green","tag-david-j-rosen","tag-david-weil","tag-each-year","tag-entertainment","tag-film-and-television","tag-golshifteh-farahani","tag-greyhound-2","tag-high-profile-productions","tag-his-arrival","tag-hollywood","tag-hospitality","tag-idris-elba","tag-kockroach","tag-more-than-1-billion","tag-netflix-blockbuster-extraction-3","tag-new-amazon-thriller","tag-new-film","tag-no-accident","tag-nsw","tag-oscar-winner-brendan-fraser-and-emmy-winner-jeff-daniels","tag-other-parts","tag-prime-video","tag-regional-communities-ausfilm-chief-executive-kate-marks","tag-release","tag-robb","tag-sci-fi-thriller-starman","tag-screen","tag-screen-nsw","tag-secure-prison","tag-security-and","tag-smith","tag-supermax","tag-sydney","tag-sydney-airport-arrivals","tag-the-action-thriller","tag-the-benefits","tag-the-best-post-production-and-visual-effects-and-animation-houses","tag-the-big-fix","tag-the-daily-telegraph","tag-the-dangerous-mission","tag-the-day-according","tag-the-film","tag-the-harbourside-city","tag-the-hollywood-star","tag-the-industry","tag-the-latest","tag-the-nsw-economy","tag-the-oscar-winner","tag-the-prison-if","tag-the-project","tag-the-radar","tag-the-sense","tag-the-state","tag-the-world","tag-this-month","tag-this-month-supermax","tag-this-morning","tag-this-year","tag-tourism","tag-transport","tag-two-fbi-agents","tag-us-star-annasophia-robb","tag-western-sydney","tag-will-smith","tag-world-class-infrastructure-and-facilities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}