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Ben Shapiro and Dallas Sonnier are producing the film from writer-director Kyle Rankin, which marks one of Majors’ first on-screen projects since his 2023 assault conviction.
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Jonathan Majors is embarking on a new feature as he continues to pursue projects outside the studio system following his 2023 conviction for assault and harassment.
Majors is set to star in writer-director Kyle Rankin’s action film, which hails from Daily Wire and Bonfire Legend. Title and story details have not yet been shared for the film, which began production this week in South Carolina, and has been described as a spin-off. Red dawn and Toy soldiers.
Producers include Ben Shapiro for Daily Wire and Dallas Sonnier for Bonfire Legend. Travis Mills, Lillian Campbell and Sydney Okreman also produce. The two production companies previously collaborated with Rankin on his 2020 film Run hide combat Which starred Isabel May and Thomas Jane and premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
Shapiro took to social media on Thursday to respond to the news about the film with his post: “You won’t believe what we’re doing.”
Following his conviction, which stemmed from an incident with former partner Grace Jabari, Marvel dropped Majors’ character as the villain Kang the Conqueror, and also gave up the starring role to Dennis Rodman in the Lionsgate film. 48 hours in vegas Before production. The actor has yet to book studio work since then but has landed a role in the indie film Mercilessly From director Martin Villeneuve.
Majors starred in the bodybuilding drama Ahlam magazineWhich made waves at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Searchlight scooped the title in a bidding war but dropped the film the following year after the star was found guilty, and Briarcliff Entertainment eventually released it in 2025.
During an interview with Hollywood Reporter For the cover story timed to Ahlam magazine After his release, Majors said he was reading scripts and holding meetings in hopes of resuming his acting career: “Do I hope to make more films? Absolutely. That’s my intention. But that’s not my call. I don’t have a studio. I’ve given up control.”
Delivery time He was the first to report that production on the new film had begun.
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