Jonathan Majors' film 'Magazine Dreams' is still headed for theaters, despite being dropped by Searchlight in January following the star's criminal conviction. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that studio Briarcliff has picked up the project for distribution and plans to release it in theaters in the first quarter of 2025.
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00:00Jonathan Major's film magazine Dreams is still headed for theaters despite being
00:04dropped by Searchlight in January following the star's criminal conviction.
00:10The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that studio Briarcliff has picked up the project for
00:14distribution and plans to release it in theaters in the first quarter of 2025.
00:20The distributor has a history of acquiring controversial projects and is next set to
00:24release the Donald Trump feature The Apprentice later this month after no major Hollywood studio
00:29would touch it. Magazine Dreams bowed at Sundance in 2023 to rave reviews for Major's performance
00:35as amateur bodybuilder Cillian Maddox, with the actor earning early awards buzz.
00:39Disney-owned Searchlight acquired the project after a bidding war but ultimately dropped the
00:44movie after Majors was convicted of assault and harassment stemming from an incident involving
00:49his ex-partner Grace Shabari. Major spent 18 months training for the role which earned
00:53comparisons to Robert De Niro's work in Taxi Driver. The film shot for 24 days around Los
00:59Angeles and won the Creative Vision Jury Prize at Sundance. Majors was once one of the top rising
01:04stars of his generation. Following his conviction, Marvel Studios dropped Majors as villain Kang the
01:09Conqueror while Lionsgate dropped his Dennis Rodman movie 48 Hours in Vegas before it began
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