Disney yanks Jonathan Majors festival hit Magazine Dreams off the schedule as trial looms

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Disney-owned Searchlight acquired the Sundance hit in February, just a month before Majors was arrested in New York on charges of assault

Ten months ago, Jonathan Majors bodybuilding drama Magazine Dreams landed at the Sundance Film Festival with notable force, setting the tone for what was lining up to be the biggest year of Majors’ career: Marvel success on the one hand—through Disney+ show Loki and his major role in the then-upcoming third Ant-Man film—and flourishing indie cred on the other, thanks to a performance that drew pretty much uniformly rave reviews in Elijah Bynum’s film, about a man who pushes his body to the...

But Disney stuck firm, making it clear that Majors wouldn’t be edited out of, or even have his presence reduced in, Loki, where he’s been a front and center “special guest star” in its last two episodes, his face literally carved into the walls of its time-travel police agency, the TVA. Today, though, Disney revealed at least one big shift: It’s pulling Magazine Dreams from its schedule amidst a wider reshuffle, notably not bothering to re-set the movie at a later point some time in 2024.

 

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