Disney continues to cut ties with Jonathan Majors, officially abandoning the release of a completed film starring the embattled actor.At this time last year, the Majors-led film Magazine Dreams was gearing up for its release at the Sundance Film Festival. With its early reviews, Majors had drawn very high praise from critics, and there was even chatter that his performance could potentially put him into the Oscar conversation. Two months later, Majors was arrested following allegations of domestic violence, and as he awaited trial, Magazine Dreams was pulled from its December 2023 release date by the Disney-owned studio, Searchlight Pictures. After Majors was found guilty at trial, it was reported that Magazine Dreams could end up getting shelved altogether, and per THR, that’s now happened, as Searchlight has officially dropped the project.Searchlight reportedly spent somewhere in the mid-seven figure range to buy the rights to Magazine Dreams in February 2023, one month before Majors would be arrested. With the film set for a December 2023 release, the plan was for the movie to be given a late-year awards season campaign. The new report also noted how writer-director Elijah Bynum was intended to fine tune a new cut of the film for its wide theatrical release, but it’s not clear if any work on that cut had actually begun.
Disney continues to cut ties with Jonathan Majors, officially abandoning the release of a completed film starring the embattled actor.
At this time last year, the Majors-led film Magazine Dreams was gearing up for its release at the Sundance Film Festival. With its early reviews, Majors had drawn very high praise from critics, and there was even chatter that his performance could potentially put him into the Oscar conversation. Two months later, Majors was arrested following allegations of domestic violence, and as he awaited trial, Magazine Dreams was pulled from its December 2023 release date by the Disney-owned studio, Searchlight Pictures. After Majors was found guilty at trial, it was reported that Magazine Dreams could end up getting shelved altogether, and per THR, that’s now happened, as Searchlight has officially dropped the project.
Searchlight reportedly spent somewhere in the mid-seven figure range to buy the rights to Magazine Dreams in February 2023, one month before Majors would be arrested. With the film set for a December 2023 release, the plan was for the movie to be given a late-year awards season campaign. The new report also noted how writer-director Elijah Bynum was intended to fine tune a new cut of the film for its wide theatrical release, but it’s not clear if any work on that cut had actually begun.
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