Jonathan Majors’ new movie, Magazine Dreams, is looking for a new distributor following the star’s assault conviction.
Jonathan Majors movie dumped – but may still be released
Now, the one-time Hollywood A-lister’s career has suffered yet another blow, as Searchlight Pictures has dropped his latest film, Magazine Dreams. PerThe Hollywood Reporter, Searchlight “quietly returned rights of the movie to the filmmakers.”
The outlet adds that writer-director Elijah Bynum and production companies Los Angeles Media Fundand Tall Street Productions are now shopping Magazine Dreams around to other distributors. They’ll presumably have their work cut out for them, though. Indeed,several industry expertspreviously branded the film unreleasable.
That said, the plight of the Magazine Dreams team is arguably dwarfed by the headaches Majors’ conviction is causing Marvel Studios execs. The production company built itsMCU Phase Five and Sixslate around the disgraced actor’s character, Kang.
As a result, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige and his inner circle have to decide whether to recast the Kang role or scrap their existing plans. Sources claim the latter option is a real possibility, withDoctor Doomreportedly considered as a potential replacement for Kang.
Neither Feige nor any other Marvel Studios representative has publicly commented on Kang’s MCU future at this stage, however. As such, talk of the supervillain’s franchise exit should be taken with a grain of salt for now.
Leon is a freelance Movies and TV writer at Dexerto. His past writing credits include articles for Polygon, Popverse, The Escapist, Screen Rant, CBR, Cultured Vultures, PanelxPanel, Taste of Cinema, and more. Originally from Australia, Leon is currently based in the UK.
