Just when you thought Jonathan Majors’ career was down for the count, his highly anticipated bodybuilding film Magazine Dreams is now set to hit theaters after all.
The movie will be released in early 2025, following a delay due to Majors’ legal challenges and subsequent conviction.
That aside, Magazine Dreams has found a home. Briarcliff Entertainment has secured the domestic distribution rights, with CEO Tom Ortenberg confirming the news in a statement to CNN on Wednesday.
“Magazine Dreams is a visceral experience that challenges the perceptions of ambition and identity,” Ortenberg stated. “Jonathan Majors’ transcendent performance as Killian Maddox will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the most compelling and transformative roles in recent cinema history.”
ICYMI about the film, which also stars Haley Bennett, follows Majors as an amateur bodybuilder and was initially acquired by Searchlight after receiving strong praise at the Sundance Film Festival. It was originally scheduled for release in December, but Disney pulled it from their lineup as Majors faced legal trouble.
Majors was a rising Hollywood star. He was known for his roles in Creed III, Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and the Disney+ series Loki. He was convicted in December on one count of reckless assault in the 3rd degree and a harassment violation following a domestic dispute with his former girlfriend, Grace Jabari. As you know, he avoided jail time, Majors was required to complete a 52-week in-person domestic violence prevention program. He was acquitted of other charges, including aggravated harassment.
Briarcliff Entertainment’s acquisition of Magazine Dreams signals a new chapter for the film after its initial delay and ambiguity about whether it would ever see the light of day.
Get this, interestingly, Ortenberg’s company is also handling The Apprentice, a film about former President Donald Trump’s real estate ventures in the 1980s, starring Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, and Maria Bakalova.
As for Majors’ future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it is over by all reporting. He was previously slated to reprise as Kang the Conqueror in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars. Still, Marvel announced in July that Kang Dynasty would be replaced by Avengers: Doomsday, marking the return of Robert Downey Jr. to the MCU.