Washington DC, Aug. 3 -- 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's said to be pivotal to the film's central plot, revolving around two FBI agents (Smith & 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 & Alex Heineman are producing alongside Smith and Adam Fishbach ...