Inevitably, the continued actors strike was going to have an effect on Hollywood’s manufacturing schedules, and even disrupt the slate of upcoming films. We now have already seen numerous anticipated 2023 films bounce to 2024, together with Zendaya and Timothee Chalamet’s Dune Half 2. Earlier at present, Disney additionally moved two anticipated 2024 films – Rachel Zegler’s controversial Snow White remake, and the subsequent Pixar movie – to 2025. Combined in with the shuffle of that launch date information was an up to date on Journal Desires, writer-director Elijah Bynum’s characteristic movie that earned raves out of the Sundance Movie Pageant. The film not has a launch date, and I’m starting to assume we’ll by no means see this film in theaters.
It’s not that Journal Desires was postponed from December 2023 to a pending 2024 date in order that Jonathan Majors can do press when the SAG strike lifts. That’s principally why Snow White with Rachel Zegler was delayed. Journal Desires as an alternative has been marked “Unset” on the discharge calendar for Searchlight. And given the continued authorized points going through Majors, it’s doubtless Bynum’s film gained’t get distribution.
Majors was praised for his efficiency in Journal Desires, the place he performs a person attempting to interrupt into the world {of professional} bodybuilding, whereas additionally caring for his ailing grandfather. In his overview of the movie, CinemaBlend film reviewer Eric Eisenberg wrote:
Majors has completely confirmed that he might be charisma incarnate on display, however that is about as far a swing away from that as is feasible. In close-up, what we see in Killian’s eyes is swirling ache and rage, and it is hypnotizing in a means that being trapped in a small room with a grizzly bear is hypnotizing. Childhood trauma, rage and vanity points, and darkish, anti-social tendencies have rendered this man unpredictable and harmful, and also you develop into afraid of taking your eyes off him.
Sadly for Jonathan Majors, his off-screen actions have overshadowed his on-screen accomplishments. There was a authorized battle waged between Majors and an ex-girlfriend who has {accused} the actor of bodily assault. His requests for a dismissal of his trial was rejected, and now he’s due in courtroom on November 29. On the identical time, Majors’s ex, Grace Jabbari, was arrested this week on misdemeanor costs tied to the assault on Majors. So the case is not any nearer to being resolved.
And within the wake of this authorized disarray, Searchlight has determined to not launch Journal Desires in theaters in the meanwhile. There’s at all times the likelihood that the movie might go to a streaming service. However any deliberate awards push on behalf of Jonathan Majors and his efficiency in all probability have now been deserted. If there are any updates, we’ll convey them to you.
