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It has been well over two years since “Magazine Dreams” made its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Following its premiere, the movie received largely mixed reviews but most critics were quick to heap praise on the performance given by its star, Jonathan Majors. It was subsequently picked up by Searchlight Pictures, which originally slated it to be released on December 8, 2023 — likely targeting a potential awards campaign for Majors.

The actor was caught up, however, in a domestic assault scandal in March 2023 that tarnished his previously shining, fast-rising star profile. Searchlight later dropped “Magazine Dreams,” reportedly due to both Majors’ assault case and the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Briarcliff Entertainment has since acquired the film’s distribution rights, though, and it is now on the verge of finally being released.

Here is where, when and how you can watch “Magazine Dreams.”

When does “Magazine Dreams” come out?

“Magazine Dreams” is scheduled to be released on Friday,...

Two years ago, prior to Jonathan Majors being arrested for assault and harassment of his former girlfriend, his movie Magazine Dreams was a critical hit. Reviews praised the actor as "a revelation" who was Oscar-bound for his "astonishing lead performance" as Killian Maddox, an aspiring bodybuilder. The film received an 82 percent at Rotten Tomatoes (based on 95 reviews), and a 72 score at Metacritic (based on 22 reviews). But Majors was arrested and the film was shelved, abandoned by its distributor, Searchlight Pictures.

Cut to today, and Magazine Dreams' new distributor, Briarcliff Entertainment, is finally dropping the film in theaters on Friday. Have critics changed their tune following the actor's many recent controversies, which include his eventual conviction on one assault count and and the release in recent days of audio with him admitting that he "aggressed" his ex-girlfriend?

Surprisingly, the answer is no.

While Metacritic remains static with the same number of reviews,...

After his exit from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (and subsequent legal troubles), Jonathan Majors has been looking to get his acting career back on track. It begins with the release of his newest movie, Magazine Dreams, which drops in theaters on March 21.

Days ahead of the movie's premiere, Magazine Dreams garnered its debut Rotten Tomatoes score with its early reviews by critics. The film has a Certified Fresh score of 84%, which is one of the best-rated films of Majors' career. The former MCU star's performance in particular is getting big praise from many critics, with some suggesting he'd likely have been up for an Oscar for his role if not for his real-life controversies.

As Silver Screen Riot critic Matt Oakes stated, "In another multiverse, Majors could have won an Academy Award for his work here. In this one, it may end up being the tragic capstone on a too-short career.

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The Briarcliff CEO has revealed why his distributor is still releasing Magazine Dreams. The upcoming film tells the story of Jonathan Majors' amateur bodybuilder who confronts his past and pushes his physical limits to gain recognition for his craft. Magazine Dreams is written and directed by Elijah Bynum, and the cast features Harrison Page, Taylour Paige, and Harriet Sansom Harris. The film was originally supposed to be distributed by Searchlight, who dropped the project when Majors was convicted of assaulting and harassing his girlfriend.

Per the Wall Street Journal, Briarcliff CEO Tom Ortenberg addressed taking on the film. Ortenberg argues Majors "paid his dues," and said that Magazine Dreams was "a brilliant movie with a brilliant actor." Later in the report, it was noted that Ortenberg and his team at Briarcliff did not have to pay anything upfront to get rights to Magazine Dreams,...

Let’s get this out of the way first: In December 2023, actor Jonathan Majors was found guilty on two of four charges in a domestic violence case involving ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari — assault in the third degree and harassment in the second degree — and sentenced to 52 weeks in a domestic violence intervention program. After Marvel Studios made the controversial decision to fire him, Searchlight Pictures announced it would no longer release writer-director Elijah Bynum’s Magazine Dreams, in which Majors earned raves at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

Cut to 2025 and Majors has paid his debt to society, and the daredevils at Briarcliff Entertainment have picked up Magazine Dreams for U.S. distribution. Whatever your stance is on the actor, there is no denying that Majors' stunning turn as a rage-filled bodybuilder in Magazine Dreams is so transfixing that it’s only a stone’s throw away from iconic performances by Robert De Niro...

Magazine Dreams has had a long and winding road to getting a wide release date and theatrical distribution. After its premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and winning the Sundance Special Jury Prize, the film was initially slated for December 2023 release after being acquired by Searchlight Pictures. However, following controversy surrounding Jonathan Majors, who stars in and executive produced the film, Magazine Dreams was subsequently dropped by Searchlight, leaving the film without a home for quite some time.

Now, Entertainment Weekly has exclusively revealed the first official trailer for the film, which was written and directed by Elijah Bynum. Briarcliff Entertainment is distributing Magazine Dreams, with the movie now debuting on March 21st, 2025. The trailer, which you can view below, teases the story of Killian Maddox (Majors), a man who strives to be a world-famous bodybuilder, no matter the physical or psychological cost. In a move that feels like damage control,...

"The world ain't fair. It ain't supposed to be fair... that's how it works." Briarcliff Entertainment has finally unveiled an official trailer for Magazine Dreams, the long-delayed film featuring actor Jonathan Majors as a psychotic body builder in LA. This initially premiered back at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival to great reviews (here's mine), and was bought by Searchlight Pictures pretty quickly. But then Majors was arrested and then found guilty for assault and harassment, so they sold off the film and pulled it from the schedule. Briarcliff has picked it up instead years later and is now setting it for a March 2025 release coming soon. An amateur bodybuilder struggles to find any human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. Magazine Dreams stars Jonathan Majors as a body builder named Killian Maddox, who is obsessed with winning body sculpting competitions but has nothing else in life. The cast also includes Haley Bennett,...

Jonathan Majors’ violent bodybuilding drama “Magazine Dreams” has received its first trailer, after the actor was convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and the film was temporarily shelved. It will now release in theaters on March 21 from Briarcliff Entertainment.

In the film, Majors plays amateur bodybuilder Killian Maddox, who aspires to make a name for himself within the violent world of bodybuilding. However, to the detriment of his physical and mental health, he continues to strive to become a star, as he continues to go against doctors’ orders and grapple with his peers.

While “Magazine Dreams” was met with buzz after its debut at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, sparking a bidding war that led the film to find a home at Searchlight Pictures for a reported mid-seven figures, the distributor dropped the film in January 2024 after Majors was accused of domestic violence against his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.

Majors was arrested in March 2023 in Manhattan,...

Premiering two years ago at the Sundance Film Festival, Elijah Bynum’s Magazine Dreams was to be the start of a major year for Jonathan Majors, delivering a ferocious performance in the Taxi Driver-esque drama set in the world of bodybuilding. Picked up by Searchlight Pictures for a pretty penny, it was then shelved after assault charges against Majors. Eventually dropped by the distributor it was recently picked up by Briarcliff Entertainment who will give it a March 21 theatrical release. Ahead of the release, they’ve now debuted the first trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: “Killian Maddox is consumed by his dream of becoming a world famous bodybuilder and one day gracing the cover of fitness magazines. He lives a lonely, regimented life, and his relentless drive for perfection only pushes him deeper towards self-destruction, but beneath his tenacious pursuit of superstardom lies a desperate, aching need for human connection.

Jonathan Majors lost his dream role as MCU’s big villain Kang the Conqueror, but following several legal issues and subsequent sentencing, it seems that the actor is rebuilding his career step by step.

Majors plays Killian Maddox in the upcoming drama ‘Magazine Dreams.’ He is an amateur bodybuilder who struggles with loneliness and finding meaningful connections. The film, directed by Elijah Bynum, follows Killian’s intense drive to become a world-famous bodybuilder, even if it means pushing himself to dangerous extremes.

He believes that only by achieving something huge will he be remembered. As the story unfolds, Killian battles both his physical limitations and inner struggles, showing the lengths he’ll go to in his pursuit of recognition.

You can check out the trailer below:

The film also stars Harrison Page as Killian’s sick grandfather, whom he takes care of, along with Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, and bodybuilder Mike O’Hearn.

After his firing from Marvel Studios from the next Avengers film, Jonathan Majors will next be seen on the big screen in the upcoming film Magazine Dreams. A new look at the actor in the movie has just been revealed.

On Wednesday, the official trailer was released for Magazine Dreams. It can be viewed at Entertainment Weekly. The release of the trailer follows the unveiling of an image showcasing Majors in his role as a bodybuilder in the film, which can be seen below.

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In Magazine Dreams, Majors plays Killian Maddox, a bulky bodybuilder with big dreams of global fame who will stop at nothing in his pursuit to achieve it. As the character says in the first look trailer,...

Vixen is a piece of Sixties sexplotation from director Russ Meyer. The film straddles soft core porn, farce and action. It starts with a somewhat innuendos voice over placing the viewer in the Canadian bush. Tom Palmer (Garth Pillsbury) is a bush pilot. In his light plane he connects the isolated communities of the Canadian wilderness. Erica Gavin plays his loving and unfaithful wife, the film's titular - pun intended - protagonist.

While her husband is away, the hypersexual Vixen Palmer plays with almost anyone she can get her hands on. The exception is her brother Judd's (Jon Evans) friend Niles (Harrison Page), a black Vietnam draft dodger to whom she is overtly racist. Just as things are coming to a head between Vixen and Niles, Tom finds a new client, O'Bannion (Michael Donovan O'Donnell). O'Bannion is an Ira terrorist who plans to hijack Tom's plane and take it to Cuba.

Russ Meyer, who singlehandedly put the sexploitation film on the map in 1959 with his pioneering The Immoral Mr. Tees, was a veritable one-man band. He produced, wrote, directed, shot, and edited his own films, which are instantly recognizable by an inimitable aesthetic dominated by cuts delivered at a stupefyingly rat-a-tat pace. Meyer described his personal tastes as centered on “big bosoms and square jaws”, and his films usually traded in stereotypes pushed to the limits of absurdity and the cartoonish. Meyer’s ability to serve up heaping helpings of unabashed sex laced with withering social satire is virtually unrivaled.

So it was a lamentable loss for lovers of film (smut or otherwise) when Meyer’s work, practically ubiquitous in the VHS era, sank into unavailability at the dawn of the DVD era, with the sole exception of his one major studio production: 1970’s Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. But...

Jonathan Majors has commented on evacuating his home in the midst of the fires ravaging Los Angeles. The devastating Pacific Palisades wildfire has burned over 23,000 acres, as firefighters continue to struggle with getting the disaster under control.

Per TMZ, Majors offered his thoughts on the terrifying ordeal. He confirmed that he'd evacuated his home, but that he and his loved ones are physically okay. After noting that he's "hoping everybody stays safe," the embattled actor went on to offer some positivity, encouraging those affected to try and look for the light at the end of the tunnel — no matter how difficult that might appear to be.

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As Majors said, "It's hard all around, isn't it?...

Jonathan Majors’ film Magazine Dreams has received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds an impressive 82% rating based on 95 reviews. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision.

The film focuses on “a man looks after his ailing grandfather while trying to make it in the world of professional bodybuilding.”

Alongside Majors, the movie also features Haley Bennett as Jessie, Taylour Paige as Pink Coat, Mike O’Hearn as Brad Vanderhorn, Harrison Page as William Lattimore, Harriet Sansom Harris as Killian’s counselor, Bradley Stryker as Ken Donaghue, Dan Donahue as Dr. Prescott, Craig Cackowski as a bodybuilding contest judge, Andrea Figliomeni as a waitress, and David Maurice Johnson as the Head Judge of the regional bodybuilding competition.

Critics have praised Majors’ performance, noting his dedication to the role. One review mentioned that his ‘incredibly committed...

The 1990s was a peak time for martial arts movies, with a distinctive '90s' fusion of old-school kung fu choreography, hyper-dynamic action sequences, and different martial arts styles that thrilled global audiences. Martial arts cinema was making a distinct change at this time as more classic Hollywood elements were being used throughout films as their popularity grew. The best films of this era used those elements while remaining true to Eastern martial arts traditions that focused on stories of honor and redemption to make films that were both exciting and emotionally satisfying.

The 1990s weaving of acrobatic fight sequences with larger-than-life characters made the decade a golden age for performances in martial arts films. Jet Li’s Chen Zhen in Fist of Legend (1996) and Jackie Chan’s Wong Fei-hung in Drunken Master II (1994) both had incredible charisma and depth in their onscreen roles, making the martial arts more than mere action and combat.

Disgraced MCU actor Jonathan Majors continues to slowly return to Hollywood, with the critically acclaimed drama Magazine Dreams, which Majors leads, having now been given a release date. The sports drama, which finds Majors starring as a troubled man looking after his ailing grandfather while trying to make it in the world of professional bodybuilding, will now be released in theaters on March 21, 2025, courtesy of Briarcliff Entertainment. Writer and director Elijah Bynum released a statement (via Deadline) alongside the release date, in which he thanked Briarcliff Entertainment for releasing the movie and for supporting the rest of the cast and crew who worked so hard.

“Dozens of incredibly talented people poured their time, energy and creativity into bringing this film to life, and I am immensely proud of their work. I’m grateful to Tom Ortenberg and Briarcliff Entertainment for their unwavering support, passion, and for giving this film the...

Embattled actor Jonathan Majors gets good career news exactly one year after Marvel Studios fired him from his dream role. The actor's next film, Magazine Dreams, has an official release date as fans won't have to wait too long to see him make his big-screen return.

Via Deadline, Magazine Dreams has been slated for a Mar. 21, 2025 theatrical premiere. The upcoming sports drama, which initially premiered at the Sundance Music Festival last year, will be distributed via Briarcliff Entertainment, having previously been attached to the Disney-owned Searchlight Pictures. Director and writer Elijah Bynum said of the release date confirmation, “Dozens of incredibly talented people poured their time, energy and creativity into bringing this film to life, and I am immensely proud of their work. I’m grateful to Tom Ortenberg and Briarcliff Entertainment for their unwavering support, passion, and for giving this film the opportunity to reach a wider audience.”

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After some rearranging, Jonathan Majors’s Magazine Dreams will be released on March 21, 2025, courtesy of Briarcliff Entertainment. Previously, the bodybuilder drama focused on Killian Maddox’s life and struggles premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival with talk of a Best Actor nod at the Oscars for Majors’ powerful performance. Unfortunately, Majors’s Hollywood cache quickly fell when he was found guilty of two misdemeanor counts of assault and harassment against his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari. Searchlight dropped its distribution of Magazine Dreams shortly after Majors’ story made headlines, making Briarcliff Entertainment a knight in shining armor.

On the bright side, audiences will see the hard work of everyone involved with the film early next year. Elijah Bynum directs Magazine Dreams from his script, with Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, and four-time Mr. Universe Mike O’Hearn co-starring.

“Dozens of incredibly talented people poured their time, energy, and creativity into bringing this film to life,...

Magazine Dreams has finally secured a release date, nearly two years after the Jonathan Majors-led bodybuilding movie was a sensation at the Sundance Film Festival.

Writer-director Elijah Bynum’s feature hits theaters March 21, 2025, from Briarcliff Entertainment. Starring Majors as amateur bodybuilder Killian Maddox, the film’s cast includes Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, Mike O’Hearn, Harrison Page and Harriet Sansom Harris.

After its buzzy Sundance launch in January 2023, Magazine Dreams was poised to help catapult Majors into the awards race. Searchlight acquired the title in a bidding war, but the company jettisoned it earlier this year after Majors was convicted of assault and harassment following an incident with ex-partner Grace Jabbari.

The Hollywood Reporter reported in October that the film had been picked up by Briarcliff. Serving as producers are Jennifer Fox, Dan Gilroy, Jeffrey Soros and Simon Horsman.

Following his conviction, Majors was dropped by Marvel as villain Kang...

Actor Jonathan Majors has reportedly settled a lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, stemming from their highly-publicized trial, where the actor was found guilty of two misdemeanor counts of assault and harassment. Jabbari filed the lawsuit in March 2024, stemming from allegations on Majors' end that he had never physically assaulted a woman before.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jabbari's lawyer Brittany Henderson claims that the lawsuit was "favorably settled" after legal representatives for both parties appeared in court together to say that a deal had been reached. Terms of the agreement have ultimately, however, not been disclosed, and there has been no official comment from Majors on the matter.

It all began with Majors' March 25, 2023, arrest for domestic violence in New York City, following an incident that allegedly occured between Jabbari and the actor in a chauffeured car earlier that day. The actor was found guilty on two of...

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After a night off, Johnny Carson was back in his Tonight Show chair, and it didn’t take him long to notice something was off. A cigarette box that had been a mainstay on his desk for years was broken. “What the hell happened to this?” Carson asked the bandleader. “You know how long I’ve had this cigarette box? I brought this out from New York. What on earth?”

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Jonathan Majors’ Magazine Dreams is finally up for release! (Photo Credit – Facebook)

Jonathan Majors’ Magazine Dreams has finally got its chance to hit movie screens and flex its themes of obsession, mental health, and the pressures of pursuing success. After eight months of no updates, the movie has received a new distributor. Magazine Dreams stars Majors as Killian Maddox, a troubled aspiring bodybuilder who, despite his doctor’s warnings about the damage steroids are doing to his liver, continues using them.

He struggles with forming meaningful human connections, and his obsession with champion bodybuilders drives him down a dark and destructive path. Majors delivers astonishing performance, physically transforming himself through an intense regimen, consuming 6100 calories a day and training six days a week for four months. Directed by Elijah Bynum, the movie also features Taylour Paige, Haley Bennett, Harrison Page, Harriet Sansom Harris, and Mike O’Hearn.

While the movie was...

Jonathan Majors will not be in the upcoming Avengers movies, as was the original plan at Marvel Studios, but he will still be back on the big screen in 2025. A release window has been announced for Magazine Dreams, a new movie starring Majors in the leading role.

Per Deadline, Magazine Dreams is set to be released in theaters nationwide in "early 2025," but an exact date hasn't yet been pinned down. The release news follows the movie enduring some turbulence, as it was previously set to be released by Searchlight Pictures. Because of Majors' well-known arrest and subsequent guilty verdict in 2023, the company ultimately dropped Magazine Dreams from the release calendar. It has now been picked up by Briarcliff Entertainment, the distributor behind the new film The Apprentice featuring Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump.

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“Magazine Dreams” is turning the page.

The drama, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2023, quickly became one of the most buzzed-about films at the festival and was promptly acquired by Searchlight Pictures. But after its star Jonathan Majors was found guilty of assault and harassment, the studio dropped the movie from its release schedule. It was initially thought of as a potential Oscar powerhouse, especially for Majors’ towering lead performance.

Now, Briarcliff Entertainment, which is releasing the similarly hot-button Donald Trump movie “The Apprentice” later this month, has acquired the rights to “Magazine Dreams.” Briarcliff is planning an early 2025 release.

The film is the directorial debut of writer Elijah Bynum, who recently co-wrote Lee Daniels’ Netflix horror movie “The Deliverance.” It follows a bodybuilder (Majors) who slips into a world of obsession and violence in his quest for body perfection. The movie also stars Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige,...

Embattled actor Jonathan Majors has had a rough year, losing multiple high-profile jobs and getting found guilty on charges of harassment and assault. However, the actor's perseverance will be celebrated with a special award in Hollywood.

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One week after Jonathan Majors was convicted of assault and harassment, his film “Magazine Dreams” has been released back to the filmmakers by Searchlight, which will no longer be distributing, Variety has confirmed.

The Walt Disney Studios specialty arm acquired the body building drama a few weeks after it premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival. The filmmakers will now be free to shop the film to other distributors.

“Magazine Dreams,” directed by Elijah Bynum, debuted to positive reviews at the festival and sold for a reported mid-seven figures. Majors was hailed for his performance as amateur body builder Killian Maddox.

But Majors’ March 25 arrest put the film’s release in question, and it was officially removed from Searchlight’s calendar in October.

The Majors conviction came after an incident involving his ex-partner Grace Jabbari. His sentence hearing is scheduled for Feb. 6.

Marvel dropped Majors from his role as villain Kang the Conqueror,...

Jonathan Majors' film Magazine Dreams is on hold indefinitely after his trial, leaving Disney undecided on its release. Disney may use morals clauses as a reason to avoid paying the promised $2 million to the film's financiers. Insider tip sheet "What I'm Hearing" suggests that Disney is in no rush to make a final decision on releasing the acclaimed movie.

Jonathan Majors’ Magazine Dreams, which was getting Oscar buzz, receives an update after the actor’s trial verdict. Starring Majors as an aspiring bodybuilder with anger issues, Elijah Bynum’s feature film received acclaim at Sundance and was picked up for distribution by Disney's Searchlight, which set a December 8 release date. But plans changed when Majors faced accusations of abuse, and back in October, Disney pulled the film from its release calendar. Days ago, Majors’ trial ended with the actor being found guilty of misdemeanor assault in the third degree, recklessly...

Has there ever been a rise and fall quite as swift and dramatic as that of Jonathan Majors? 2023 started off as a killer year for Majors. After years as an up-and-comer, he had three films set to debut within the first three months of the year. His two big studio films, Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania and Creed III, seemed poised to make him a real-deal movie star, while his indie film, Magazine Dreams, was going to serve as an acting showcase.

Indeed, when the film debuted last January at Sundance, many believed his tortured, Travis Bickle-like role would win him an Oscar nomination (I was one of them in my review). His character, Killian Maddox, a wanna-be bodybuilder with serious anger issues, was a distinct creation for him and director Elijah Bynum. The movie quickly sold to Fox Searchlight, and a December 2023 release date was set. Everyone assumed...

Hot on the heels of Warner Bros. moving Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom to Friday, December 22, 2023, and Robert De Niro’s Alto Knights to later in 2024, Disney is doing its version of the release date shuffle for two of its upcoming releases. Additionally, Searchlight is no longer opening Magazine Dreams, starring Jonathan Majors, on December 8. Majors faces a trial date on November 29, 2023, for a domestic violence case involving his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari.

Meanwhile, Disney will push its live-action adaptation of Snow White from March 22, 2024, to March 21, 2025, with Disney/Pixar’s Elio going from March 1, 2024, to June 13, 2025. The shuffle stems from uncertainty about the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.

Other projects jumping ship include an untitled Disney feature moving from February 14, 2024, to April 5, 2024. Disney is also pulling The Bikeriders from its December 1 theatrical release because Queen B, Beyonce, is dropping a concert film in theaters, and, of course, the actors’ strike.

In Magazine Dreams,...

Jonathan Majors is stripping down for his latest movie role, but there's no telling when viewers will see it. Following his turns as boxing character Damian in "Creed III" and "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" villain Kang the Conqueror, the actor's next big film was slated to be "Magazine Dreams." However, Variety reported on Oct. 27 that the film's December release date has been pulled off of Walt Disney Studios's calendar amid Majors's assault and harassment allegations.

The actor was arrested on March 25 in New York City following an alleged domestic dispute, which he's pled not guilty to, and he's slated to appear in court for the matter on Nov. 29. Now, it's unclear if/when Majors's drama film - which made its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival - will get a rescheduled theatrical release.

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Jonathan Majors was arrested in New York City on Saturday, March 25 for allegedly assaulting a woman.

“A preliminary investigation determined that a 33-year-old male was involved in a domestic dispute with a 30-year-old female,” read a statement from the Deputy Commissioner Public Information. “The victim informed police she was assaulted. Officers placed the 33-year-old male into custody without incident. The victim sustained minor injuries to her head and neck and was removed to an area hospital in stable condition.”

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The charges against the Creed III star included strangulation and harassment.

A representative for Majors told Deadline in a statement, “He has done nothing wrong. We look forward to clearing his name and clearing this up.”

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FIlm earned rave reviews for its star at Sundance premiere.

Searchlight Pictures has scheduled a limited awards corridor theatrical release on December 8 for the drama Magazine Dreams, which earned rave reviews for Jonathan Majors when it premiered at Sundance.

‘Magazine Dreams’: Sundance Review

Elijah Bynum directed Magazine Dreams, which follows a troubled aspiring bodybuilder living with his war veteran grandfather as he tries to get out of the way of his own demons and realise professional and personal ambitions.

The cast includes Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, Harrison Page, Harriet Sansom Harris, and Mike O’Hearn. Jennifer Fox, Dan Gilroy, Jeffrey Soros,...

“Magazine Dreams,” Elijah Bynum’s sophomore feature starring Jonathan Majors, will be released in theaters on Dec. 8, Disney’s Searchlight Pictures announced on Friday.

The film premiered at Sundance and won the Jury Award for Creative Vision.

Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, Mike O’Hearn, Harrison Page and Harriet Sansom Harris also star in the intense drama. “Magazine Dreams” is described, in the official synopsis, as following “aspiring bodybuilder Killian Maddox (Majors), who struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. Nothing deters him from his fiercely protected dream of superstardom, not even the doctors who warn him of the permanent damage he causes to himself with his quest.”

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After snapping up the critically acclaimed Jonathan Majors movie Magazine Dreams out of Sundance, Searchlight has set a Dec. 8 theatrical release for the Elijah Bynum directed title; a date that’s right in line with the classics’ label previous awards season launches.

Searchlight beat out Neon, Sony Pictures Classics and HBO for this fierce drama in which Majors portrays a disturbed amateur bodybuilder. The pic, which Bynum also scripted, follows Killian Maddox (Majors), who struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. Nothing deters him from his fiercely protected dream of superstardom in the bodybuilding world, not even the doctors who warn him of the permanent damage he causes to himself with his quest. Taylour Paige and Haley Bennett also star in the movie along with Mike O’Hearn, Harrison Page and Harriet Sansom Harris. Jennifer Fox, Dan Gilroy, Jeffrey Soros and Simon Horsman produced. EPs are Majors,...

Magazine Dreams Review — Magazine Dreams (2023) Film Review from the 45th Annual Sundance Film Festival, a movie directed by Elijah Bynum, starring Jonathan Majors, Harrison Page, Harriet Sansom Harris, Haley Bennett, Michael O’Hearn, Bradley Stryker, Sonny Valicenti, and Justin Cuomo. Elijah Bynum focuses on an amateur’s obsession with bodybuilding culture and hero worship [...]

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One of the most talked-about Sundance movies from this year’s festival finally has a home, as Searchlight Pictures has acquired “Magazine Dreams,” Elijah Bynum’s sophomore feature starring Jonathan Majors. The movie won the Sundance Jury Award for Creative Vision.

Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, Mike O’Hearn, Harrison Page and Harriet Sansom Harris also star in the intense drama. “Magazine Dreams” is described, in the official synopsis, as following “aspiring bodybuilder Killian Maddox (Majors), who struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. Nothing deters him from his fiercely protected dream of superstardom, not even the doctors who warn him of the permanent damage he causes to himself with his quest.”

Our review of the film out of Sundance was mixed positive, with praise being heaped on Majors’ performance. “Anchored in his greatness, ‘Magazine Dreams’ can get away with most of its flaws,” the review read.

Exclusive: Searchlight Pictures is closing a deal for Magazine Dreams, the Elijah Bynum scripted and directed drama that stars Jonathan Majors as a troubled amateur bodybuilder willing to go to any lengths to be noticed. Sources said that Neon, Sony Pictures Classics and HBO were also in the mix. Will apprise of release plans when deal becomes official.

Majors is about to get a major star escalation playing Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania that leads into the next Avengers, and squares off against Michael B. Jordan in Creed III.

His performance as Killian Maddox in Magazine Dreams really shows his full range and the acting chops honed at Yale and in turns that have included Lovecraft Country, The Last Black Man in San Franciso, The Harder They Fall, and most recently Devotion. His commitment in Magazine Dreams goes well beyond the 6000+ daily calories and endless workouts...

Magazine Dreams.The Sundance Film Festival returned this year for its first in-person edition since the oblivious winter of 2020, when Zola was the talk of Park City and the coronavirus still seemed like something that Purell could contain. During two consecutive years of virtual iterations, Sundance managed to launch visionary, critically-praised narrative features onto dissimilar post-festival trajectories. Rebecca Hall’s Passing, a provocative adaptation of Nella Larsen’s novella, rode out awards season on the considerable strengths of its lead performances, only to fizzle out come Oscar time. Conversely, the Academy Awards triumph of Siân Heder’s Coda, now the first festival selection to win Best Picture, is surely fueling the daydreams of many past, present, and future Sundance-stamped filmmakers. Acquired by Apple for $25 million and showered with a $10 million awards campaign that equaled its production budget, Coda seems to offer definitive proof that no matter how visually flat and...

The first week of the Sundance Film Festival is drawing mixed-to-positive reactions, but several performers have garnered unanimous praise. Jonathan Majors made a big splash in Elijah Bynum’s “Magazine Dreams.” He stars as Killian Maddox, an obsessive bodybuilder who takes care of his Vietnam vet grandfather (Harrison Page) and pursues a relationship with a store clerk (Hayley Bennett) while trying to become a celebrity. The film, which is being compared to Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver,” looked noteworthy heading into the festival and is reportedly just as intense as early buzz had promised. Even critics who have expressed skepticism regarding the film’s third act are in awe of Majors’ committed work.

Kate Erbland of IndieWire writes, “As mistakes and missteps and pain continues to pile on to Killian, Majors turns an already wonderfully empathetic and deeply touching performance into something much more brutal, something explosive, something truly shocking.

Written and directed by Elijah Bynum, Magazine Dreams operates on sheer ferocity alone. The film tackles a plethora of thought-provoking themes, and it leans into the heaviness and discomfort quite a bit, so much so that it will have audiences squirming in their seats. Powered by an incredible, devoted performance from Jonathan Majors, Magazine Dreams stumbles in its last act and repeats itself too often, but it is gripping and intense all the same.

Killian Maddox (Majors) is an aspiring bodybuilder who hopes to one day be famous, emulating his idol by being on the cover of magazines. Killian lives with his sick grandfather, William Lattimore (Harrison Page), and struggles to balance his bodybuilding training and food intake while taking care of his grandfather, working at the local grocery store, and attending court-mandated therapy sessions. Killian has difficulty keeping his temper at bay and lives under constant, and self-imposed, pressure to be the perfect bodybuilder.

Jonathan Majors’ incredible transformation to play bodybuilder Killian Maddox in Magazine Dreams is breathtaking, first seen in godlike glory in a daydream, striking the requisite professional competition poses, caressed by shafts of golden light. But as the soaring strains of Jason Mills’ score wind down into a deflating drone, signaling trouble ahead, the image shifts to Killian under the naked lightbulbs of his humble garage. That’s the first hint that this physically imposing Adonis is in fact a lonely, painfully shy and desperately insecure man, whose feelings of inadequacy, buried self-loathing and resentment often manifest in eruptions of violent rage.

It’s an all-in performance for the ages, layered with as much vulnerability as anger, and it’s to Majors’ credit that our hearts ache for Killian even — or perhaps especially — when he’s out of control. Majors and writer-director Elijah Bynum manage the considerable feat of making us...

Elijah Bynum’s Magazine Dreams is both too much and not enough. At its center is a role for which star Jonathan Majors has said that he “ate 6,100 calories a day for about four months” to prepare — work that needed to pay off to convince us of its central character, and it does. Majors plays an amateur bodybuilder named Killian Maddox who, at the movie’s start, has already gotten in trouble for his anger and antisocial issues, who is already in counseling for his past misjudgments, and is already...

Plot: An amateur bodybuilder (Jonathan Majors) struggles with severe psychological issues while dreaming of stardom.

Review: Elijah Bynum’s Magazine Dreams offers star Jonathan Majors his meatiest role to date. Undergoing a massive transformation that saw him change his body into that of a professional-level bodybuilder, his Killian Maddox is reminiscent of the roles Robert De Niro famously played by Martin Scorsese. Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy both famously inspired Todd Phillips’ Joker (we recently did a Face Off comparing Joker to Taxi Driver), and Bynum’s inspirations seem similar. Yet, as often as we’ve seen this type of role played by white actors, it’s relatively rare for a black actor to dig his teeth into material like this. His race shakes up the formula, making the character a distinct creation for Bynum and Majors.

Indeed, Killian Maddox is a layered guy. Incredibly troubled, he struggles...

The Sundance Film Festival-hosted world premiere Elijah Bynum’s Magazine Dreams may have gotten off to a bumpy start as traffic delays and festival congestion in Park City caused the film to start 45 minutes late. But after the credits rolled and the lights came up, its star Jonathan Majors faced the Eccles Theatre audience and received an electric standing ovation.

In what many are calling a brutal and fully committed performance, Majors stars as Killian Maddox, an amateur bodybuilder who sacrifices health, both mental and physical, to pursue a dream of superstardom while he struggles to maintain control of a volatile temper.

The official fest synopsis calls the film “a provocative film that respects the dignity of its protagonist as it pulls no punches in portraying the most physically and emotionally painful moments of his darkening odyssey.” Those who caught the screening were quick to describe it as Taxi Driver.

Magazine Dreams is a drama and second feature directed by Elijah Bynum, which stars Jonathan Majors, Haley Bennett, Taylor Paige, and Harrison Page

The film opens with a beautiful shot of Killian Maddox (Majors) showing off his chiseled physique under an orange hue of lights as if he’s at a bodybuilding competition. This is overlaid with a voiceover of him having a discussion with his therapist about his erratic behavior after a stint in the hospital. Killian takes working out very seriously and takes steroids to achieve the perfect body. He seems to be on the Asd spectrum and writes letters to his favorite bodybuilder Brad Vanderhorne (Michael O’Hearn) in hopes of hearing from him. He has no friends, only his grandfather (Page) whom he takes care of. There is Jessica (Bennett), a woman at the local grocery store who he has a crush on. He asks her on a date,...

The Sundance Institute has released its lineup for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The annual festival will take place January 19-29 in Park City, Utah and will feature the “upcoming year’s most impactful independent stories.”

To kick off the event, IMDb will present “Opening Night: A Taste of Sundance” to raise funds for the organization, in addition to “Day One Features” which will show 11 features and a short film program. Over the course of the festival, the Institute will show 101 feature films which were selected from over 15,000 submissions, both from the U.S. and internationally. The films fall into a number of categories.

Tickets for the festival can be purchased here.

Here is the lineup for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, as announced by The Sundance Institute:

U.S. Dramatic Competition

Presenting 12 world premieres of fiction feature films, the Dramatic Competition offers audiences a first look at groundbreaking new voices in American independent film.

The 2023 Sundance Film Festival’s lineup of 101 feature films includes contributions from 23 countries. The Sundance Institute notes 28 of the festival’s slate comes from first-time feature filmmakers, and 94 of the films will be making their world premieres at the 2023 festival.

More than 4,0000 feature films were submitted for consideration.

“Maintaining an essential place for artists to express themselves, take risks, and for visionary stories to endure and entertain is distinctly Sundance,” said Robert Redford, Sundance Institute Founder and President. “The Festival continues to foster these values and connections through independent storytelling. We are honored to share the compelling selection of work at this year’s Festival from distinct perspectives and unique voices.”

The 2023 Sundance Film Festival runs from January 19-29th. 2022’s festival was canceled due to a surge in Covid-19, but barring any setbacks, the 2023 event will once again return to in-person screenings. Some films will also be available online...

Setting the stage for the year in cinema, the 2023 Sundance Film Festival will take place January 19-29, both in person in Utah as well as virtual viewings kicking off five days into the festival. Ahead of next month’s festivities, the festival has now unveiled its features lineup, which features 99 films.

Initial highlights of the lineup include Ira Sachs’ Passages, starring Franz Rogowski, Adèle Exarchopoulos, and Ben Whishaw, William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth follow-up Eileen, Raven Jackson’s All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, produced by Barry Jenkins, Bad Behaviour, the directorial debut of Jane Campion’s daughter Alice Englert, Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool, starring Alexander Skarsgård and Mia Goth, Nicole Holofcener’s’ You Hurt My Feelings starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and more.

U.S. Dramatic Competition

The 12 films in this section are all world premieres. All 12 will be available to stream online.

The Accidental Getaway Driver (Director and Screenwriter: Sing J. Lee,...