We won’t get to see “Magazine Dreams” this Oscar season.
That’s just as well, frankly. I saw it in January and really didn’t care for it. Now no one else will see it either.
The reason is that star Jonathan Majors faces a domestic abuse trial next month. Four charges are pending against him on November 29th in New York. After many delays. the judge in the case has cleared the way.
The irony of “Magazine Dreams” is that it’s an intense film about a violent body builder who’s several lightbulbs short of a chandelier. The movie is grim and unpleasant and would never been an Oscar contender under any circumstances. Majors would probably have gotten a nomination from the Indie Spirit Awards.
Disney has a real problem with Majors. They’re very tied up with him beyond “Magazine Dreams.” He’s set to play the villain in the new “Avengers” movies from Marvel, which will be filmed when the SAG strike is over. But it’s unlikely that will happen, either, even if Majors is acquitted (which is too bad). So the “Avengers” movies — which would generate hundreds of millions of dollars — are just magazine dreams themselves at this point.
