Jonathan Majors’ ‘Magazine Dreams’ No Longer Hitting Theaters In Dec. 2023. Status Uncertained As Actor Faces Trial
Deadline reports that Searchlight Pictures won’t be opening the actor’s Sundance critically acclaimed drama Magazine Dreams on Dec. 8 as its lead actor Jonathan Majors faces a trial date on Nov. 29 for a domestic violence case involving his ex-girlfriend from March this year. No word on what happens next to Magazine Dreams, but if all goes well for Majors, the calendar will indeed require plenty of product in the New Year.
Majors’ year began vibrantly with awesome reviews of Magazine Dreams and Searchlight acquiring the movie for a potential awards season launch given the actor’s turn as a tormented amateur bodybuilder. Majors then had two tentpoles in Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania in which he made the big screen debut (after an introduction on Disney+’s Loki season) as Kang The Conqueror; that movie grossing $476M global with Creed III making $275M-plus worldwide.
The actor’s momentum came to a halt after his arrest in March with Majors being dropped from various projects; Marvel is still in a wait and see mode on Majors as Kang the Conqueror in future movies.
Majors is facing misdemeanor charges stemming from an incident in and around his Chelsea apartment on March 25. Although Majors was the one who called 911 at the time, NYPD officers on the scene found a number of marks, “a laceration” and a finger fracture on now ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari and arrested Majors. He was released within hours after a hearing in front of a judge and has pleaded not guilty.
Majors is facing up to a year behind bars if found guilty on claims being prosecuted by D.A. Alvin Bragg’s office. It is unknown right now if Majors will be present, either virtual or in-person, in Judge Michael Gaffey’s courtroom Wednesday.
Yesterday, less than 24 hours after a New York judge rejected Majors’ request to have the domestic violence case against him tossed out, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said they weren’t prosecuting the Loki actor’s accuser.
“The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has officially declined to prosecute the case against Grace Jabbari because it lacks prosecutorial merit,” a spokesperson for DA Alvin Bragg stated Thursday morning. “The matter is now closed and sealed.”