NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The -starring bodybuilder drama 鈥淢agazine Dreams" has been acquired for theatrical release after it was dropped following Majors' conviction for assaulting his ex-girlfriend.
Briarcliff Entertainment has picked up distribution rights to the film, its chief executive, Tom Ortenberg confirmed Wednesday. Ortenberg said in an email that Briarcliff is planning a 鈥渞obust鈥� theatrical release in the first quarter of 2025. Deadline first reported the acquisition.
Before Majors' conviction, 鈥淢agazine Dreams鈥� had been in January 2023. Searchlight Pictures had set a release for later in the year, with widespread expectations that
But that changed after a confrontation in March 2023 . Majors' former girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, accused him of attacking her in the backseat of a chauffeured car, saying he hit her head with his open hand, twisted her arm behind her back and squeezed her middle finger until it fractured.
Majors maintained he was innocent. But in December, of one misdemeanor assault charge and one harassment violation.
Within hours of that decision, Marvel Studios dropped Majors from the role of Kang the Conqueror, which was to have been for years to come. In January 2024, Searchlight 鈥� which, like Marvel, is owned by the Walt Disney Co. 鈥� returned its distribution rights to 鈥淢agazine Dreams" to the film's producers.
In April this year, Majors was ordered to complete a . In sentencing Majors, Judge Michael Gaffey noted both sides in the case agreed the charges didn't warrant jail time and that Majors had no prior criminal record.
In writer-director Elijah Bynum鈥檚 鈥淢agazine Dreams,鈥� Majors plays a lonely, aspiring bodybuilder prone to eruptions of rage, carrying wounds from a life filled with pain.
Briarcliff is also the distributor of one of 2024鈥檚 most controversial films, the
Jake Coyle, The Associated Press
