David Gordon Green’s Action Thriller ‘Supermax’ Adds Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Three Others as Production Begins

Production has begun on Supermax, an action thriller being developed by Amazon MGM Studios and Miramax under the direction of David Gordon Green, and the companies have now expanded the film’s cast with four additional actors, Deadline reported on August 24.

The new additions include Nicholas Alexander Chavez, whose recent credits include Monster: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, along with Andrés Almeida, Martin Bats Bradford, and Erika Ringor. Deadline described the casting as new roles for the project but did not include character details in the report as published.

Supermax is being positioned as a major studio action title within Amazon MGM Studios and Miramax’s broader film slate, with Green attached as director. Deadline’s exclusive casting update framed the hiring as part of the production rollout now underway.

Chavez’s casting continues a period in which high-profile film and limited-series projects have increasingly recruited performers with a mix of mainstream and dramatic credits, and Deadline linked his involvement to his prior work on Monster: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. The report did not connect his Supermax role to a specific plot element in the available text.

Almeida, Bradford, and Ringor are also newcomers to the project’s cast roster, according to the same report. Deadline tied Almeida to Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, Bradford to Hit Man, and Ringor to King Richard, using those credits to contextualize the performers’ backgrounds rather than describing specific Supermax storylines.

Neither Deadline’s announcement nor the excerpted material included additional production details such as filming locations, release timing, or the narrative premise of Supermax. The update also did not specify how the newly announced roles interact with previously cast actors, if any.

With production now started, the next publicly disclosed items for the project would typically include additional cast announcements, updated production logistics, and eventual marketing or distribution information closer to release. For now, the casting additions confirm that Supermax’s ensemble is taking shape ahead of filming completion.

The project’s development under Amazon MGM Studios and Miramax also places it within the competitive midstream pipeline for action-thriller releases, where studio decisions on casting and scheduling can affect downstream casting availability, production budgeting, and marketing timelines. No budget figures or scheduling targets were included in the August 24 report.