Upcoming Bodybuilding Film Magazine Dreams

[Muay Thai]

I understand what you are saying, my one main problem with all these theological books is they have been adulterated over the centuries by people re-writing them and miss interpreting or adding their own interpretation to the original message that was being conveyed by the original author. At least the teaching of P. Yogananda have only been around for the last few decades and have been kept in tacked (for the most part). I don't really care to read any of the teachings from any of the devotees of P. Yogananda because they never resonate with me. When I was first taken to the meditation garden on top of the bluff overlooking the ocean, I had an experience I will never forget. When I read any of P. Yogananda's teachings I get an intuitive connection. Unfortunately, life circumstances drew me in a different direction, but have been thinking about re-visiting what Yogananda had to say.

excellent points , and same with the devotees! i could care less about them nothing personal
steve jobs was known for handing a copy of autobiography of a yogi, his book, to his inner circle

 

[Ranchhand]

excellent points , and same with the devotees! i could care less about them nothing personal
steve jobs was known for handing a copy of autobiography of a yogi, his book, to his inner circle

Interesting fact about Steve Jobs, did not know this. P. Yogananda had a big influence on a lot of different people and groups, from the Movie "The Secret" to "What the Bleep Do we Know" and Bob Proctor (who I've been listening to lately on audio book), plus many more influential people. Right there with you about devotees, I don't connect with them because they get to wrapped up in the smoke show and don't pay attention to the true message being conveyed to them.

 

[danieltx]

The star of Magazine Dreams, Jonathan Majors, was arrested over the weekend for domestic violence - https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/25/us/jonathan-majors-arrest-new-york/index.html

Searchlight has planned to release the film in theaters in December but with the content of the movie and this arrest I wouldn't be surprised if it gets canned indefinitely. Nothing official has been put out yet.

 

[FrancisK]

The star of Magazine Dreams, Jonathan Majors, was arrested over the weekend for domestic violence - https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/25/us/jonathan-majors-arrest-new-york/index.html

Searchlight has planned to release the film in theaters in December but with the content of the movie and this arrest I wouldn't be surprised if it gets canned indefinitely. Nothing official has been put out yet.

Annnndddd they're 100% gonna blame it on roids he was taking for the role....lovely

 

[danieltx]

For those interest in Magazine Dreams, here's where things stand today.

In October 2023 the film was shelved indefinitely due to Jonathan Majors' arrest and the other accusations against him that came out.

In December 2023, after Majors was convicted, it was said that Searchlight was 'unlikely' to release the film.

In January 2024 it came out that Searchlight gave the rights to the film back to the filmmakers so they could shop it to other distributor.

I think it's unlikely the movie is ever released due to the big fall Majors took. If it does get released theatrically I expect it to be very limited, probably in just independent theaters. I think a streaming release on a lesser know streaming service is more likely.

 

[slesh]

For those interest in Magazine Dreams, here's where things stand today.

In October 2023 the film was shelved indefinitely due to Jonathan Majors' arrest and the other accusations against him that came out.

In December 2023, after Majors was convicted, it was said that Searchlight was 'unlikely' to release the film.

In January 2024 it came out that Searchlight gave the rights to the film back to the filmmakers so they could shop it to other distributor.

I think it's unlikely the movie is ever released due to the big fall Majors took. If it does get released theatrically I expect it to be very limited, probably in just independent theaters. I think a streaming release on a lesser know streaming service is more likely.

That’s insane to me. They invested all this money in the production - just fucking release it on a streamer if you’re that nervous about investing more in theatrical. There’s no such thing as bad publicity.

 

[stackdizzy]

Well the.movie kinda sounds fucked up anyway.

 

[cage99]

Damn I had that movie on my list too… God dammit! Hell, I wasn’t even aware that the lead actor ran into legal problems. Bummer!

Cage

 

[danieltx]

Magazine Dreams is finally scheduled for theatrical release in Q1 2025.

https://deadline.com/2024/10/jonath...-release-briarcliff-entertainment-1236105653/

EXCLUSIVE: Magazine Dreams, the drama that came out of Sundance with Oscar buzz for Jonathan Majors’ intense portrayal of a troubled aspiring bodybuilder, will finally get its chance to flex on movie screens.

Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired domestic distribution rights to the critically acclaimed film, with plans to release in the first quarter of 2025. This becomes the second quality hot-potato picture taken on by Tom Ortenberg’s Briarcliff, after the distributor acquired the Donald Trump-Roy Cohn coming-of-age drama The Apprentice. Conglomerate-connected distributors shunned that film after its provocative Cannes debut, but Briarcliff will release it in the heat of election season October 11. That film shows the lessons an aspiring real estate magnate learned after being taken under the wing of the reptilian lawyer who was once the right-hand man for Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the sensationalized communist witch hunt.

Like many Sundance films, Magazine Dreams came out of Park City with big dreams. The Elijah Bynum scripted and directed drama featured an astonishing performance by Majors, who transformed his body by eating 6100 calories daily, training six days per week over four months to physically transform himself into a most believable rendering of a young man so hellbent on becoming a champion bodybuilder that he defies his doctors’ appeals that he stop taking steroids because they were destroying his liver. The hulking character was prone to dark moods, and he had trouble establishing human connections. All this took Killian Maddox down a dark path, fueled by his fixation with a champion bodybuilder he is obsessed with.

Majors, who had Creed III following this strongly reviewed Sundance film, was booked to be the villainous central figure in the next Avengers films, and poised to follow a track not seen in Hollywood since Russell Crowe followed his breakout in L.A. Confidential with tour de force performances capped by Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind and The Insider. Magazine Dreams won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision at Sundance, and in its limited festival window got an 82% Rotten Tomatoes approval score with over 90 reviews. Searchlight Pictures won the film in an auction over several bidders, and Majors was poised to be a major player come awards season after strong turns in The Last Black Man in San Francisco, the limited series Lovecraft Country, and the Marvel film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantimania.

All that was undone when the Yale School of Drama graduate Majors was arrested for physically assaulting his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari, an incident that ended with him being found guilty of two misdemeanor counts of assault and harassment. Majors initially seemed defiant, and press coverage was extensive. The narrative quickly changed on Magazine Dreams, and Searchlight delayed and then dropped the film.

Time has passed, and Ortenberg responded to something undeniable to those who watched Magazine Dreams: it is a gem of an indie film galvanized by a remarkable performance, and strong supporting cast performances by Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige and four-time Mr. Universe Mike O’Hearn. It also heralded a promising new filmmaking voice in Bynum.

“Magazine Dreams is a visceral experience that challenges the perceptions of ambition and identity,” Ortenberg told Deadline in a statement confirming the deal. “Elijah’s film made a well-deserved splash in Sundance and Briarcliff is looking forward to taking his story to the big screen across the country in early 2025.

“Jonathan Majors’ transcendent performance as Killian Maddox will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the most compelling and transformative roles in recent cinema history,” he said. “We are honored to bring this extraordinary work to theaters nationwide, inviting audiences to witness a story that will resonate long after the credits roll.”

The film is produced by Jennifer Fox, Dan Gilroy, Jeffrey Soros and Simon Horsman. Executive producers include Majors for his Tall Street Productions, and Luke Rodgers and Andrew Blau for Los Angeles Media Fund.

Fox said the producers are “thrilled to be working with Tom again after a terrific collaboration on Nightcrawler,” which Gilroy directed and which starred Jake Gyllenhaal as an ambulance-chasing videographer in a compellingly dark thriller.

Added Soros: “Tom has made a career of championing compelling, boundary-pushing films and filmmakers that stand the test of time, so we couldn’t have stronger partners to release Magazine Dreams than him and the great team at Briarcliff.”

The deal was negotiated by CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers, and by Ortenberg, Jessica Rose and Danielle Goodman Strong on behalf of Briarcliff Entertainment.