‘Magazine Dreams’ With Jonathan Majors Sells to Searchlight Weeks After Buzzy Sundance Debut
variety.comRebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Magazine Dreams,” a buzzy drama starring Jonathan Majors, landed at Searchlight Pictures following its premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Elijah Bynum wrote and directed the movie, about an aspiring bodybuilder named Killian Maddox, who abuses steroids in his quest to become a sports icon. “Magazine Dreams” premiered on Jan.
20 at the Eccles Theater in Park City. The festival wrapped last month, but the film later sparked a bidding war between Neon, Sony Pictures Classics and HBO, according to Deadline, which broke the news of the sale. “We are very proud to bring Elijah’s powerful film to the world,” said Searchlight presidents Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum. “Jonathan’s tour-de-force performance, both physically and emotionally, affected us in profound ways.” The specialty studio intends to announce additional release plans at a later date.
Out of Sundance, Searchlight also spent $8 million on “Theater Camp,” a loving satire about musical nerds, starring Ben Platt, Molly Gordon and Noah Galvin.
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