Taylour Paige & Haley Bennett Join Jonathan Majors In ‘Magazine Dreams’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: We hear that Zola Independent Spirit Award winner Taylour Paige and Cyrano actress Haley Bennett are boarding Magazine Dreams opposite Jonathan Majors.The film follows an amateur bodybuilder (Majors) who struggles to find human connection in the exploration of celebrity and violence.
The script was on the 2020 Black List, and Elijah Bynum will direct and write.Mike O’Hearn, a four-time Mr. “Natural” Universe and Fitness Model of the Year of four years who appeared on American Gladiators, also is set to star.Majors is executive producing under his Tall Street production banner, along with Nightcrawler producers Jennifer Fox and Dan Gilroy.
Los Angeles Media Fund is fully financing, with Jeffrey Soros and Simon Horsman also producing. CAA Media Finance arranged financing and will handle the domestic sale.Paige next will be seen in the reboot of Legendary’s The Toxic Avenger and starred in Lena Dunham’s recent Sundance Film Festival world premiere, Sharp Stick.
Her feature credits include Oscar-winning Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, White Boy Rick and the upcoming Mack & Rita starring Diane Keaton and Brothers opposite Brendan Fraser, Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage.Paige won Best Female Lead for Zola this year at the Independent Spirit Awards.
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