Jonathan Majors' film 'Magazine Dreams' gets a premiere date at Disney after previously pulled films CNN

Jonathan Majors' film 'Magazine Dreams' gets a premiere date at Disney after previously pulled films CNN


Jonathan Majors' bodybuilding movie “Magazine Dreams” is getting a release date after Disney previously pulled the title from its film slate amid Majors' legal troubles.

Briarcliff Entertainment CEO Tom Ortenberg told CNN on Wednesday that the company has acquired domestic distribution rights to the film, which will hit theaters in early 2025.

Major, who previously appeared in the Disney Marvel film “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantummania” and the Disney+ series “Loki” in “Creed III,” plays an amateur bodybuilder in “Magazine,” which Haley Bennett also stars.

“'Magazine Dreams' is a visceral experience that challenges perceptions of ambition and identity,” Ortenberg said in a statement. “Jonathan Majors' remarkable performance as Killian Maddox will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the most compelling and transformative roles in recent cinematic history.”

Briarcliff Entertainment is also the distributor behind the upcoming film “The Apprentice,” which chronicles former President Donald Trump's real estate dealings in New York in the 1980s and stars Sebastian Stan as Trump, “Legacy” star Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn and Oscar . “Borat 2” casts actress Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump.

“Magazine Dreams” was originally acquired by Searchlight after receiving acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival last year. It was scheduled for release in December but was pulled from Disney's release calendar just before Majors' trial began.

In December, a New York jury convicted Major of assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend during a domestic dispute. He pleaded guilty to one count of reckless assault in the 3rd degree and a non-criminal charge of harassment as a violation.

Majors, who previously pleaded not guilty to all charges, was acquitted of another count of assault and one count of aggravated harassment. He avoided jail time but was sentenced to a 52-week mandatory in-person domestic violence prevention program.

Majors was previously set to reprise his Marvel character in “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” as well as “Avengers: Secret Wars,” but Marvel announced in July that “Kang Dynasty” was being replaced by “Avengers: Doomsday.” ,” featuring the return of Robert Downey Jr. to the MCU

CNN's Dan Hatching contributed to this report.


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