Jonathan Majors will likely be again on the massive display screen this spring. Briarcliff Leisure will launch “Journal Goals,” the drama starring Jonathan Majors that premiered at Sundance 2023, in theaters on March 21, 2025, in accordance with a Deadline report.
Briarcliff picked up the rights to “Journal Goals” again in October after it was dropped by Searchlight Photos. On the time the brand new distributor introduced its intentions to launch the movie theatrically in 2025. “Journal Goals” will now open alongside Disney’s “Snow White,” Robert De Niro crime drama “Alto Knights,” and the horror/sci-fi movie “Ash.”
Elijah Bynum directed and wrote “Journal Goals,” which received raves out of Sundance and initially secured an awards season launch from Searchlight. However the distributor shelved it after which dropped it following the December 2023 conviction of Majors on a cost of assault and harassment. The movie remained in limbo for almost a 12 months.
“Dozens of extremely gifted individuals poured their time, vitality, and creativity into bringing this movie to life, and I’m immensely happy with their work,” Bynum stated through Deadline. “I’m grateful to Tom Ortenberg and Briarcliff Leisure for his or her unwavering help, ardour, and for giving this movie the chance to achieve a wider viewers.”
Zeus Community is working with Briarcliff on the movie’s advertising and marketing.
“Journal Goals” was produced by Jennifer Fox, Dan Gilroy, Jeffrey Soros, and Simon Horsman. Majors remains to be listed as an govt producer through his banner Tall Avenue Productions. Luke Rodgers and Andrew Blau are additionally govt producing for Los Angeles Media Fund, as are Lemuel Plummer, LJ Plummer, and Jason Tolbert.
“Journal Goals” stars Majors as Killian Maddox, who desires of stardom as an newbie bodybuilder however will get pushed to the brink of sanity by his drive for fulfillment. The movie additionally stars Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, and four-time Mr. Universe Mike O’Hearn. “Journal Goals” earned comparisons to “Taxi Driver” for its tortured character research.
Previous to buying “Journal Goals,” Briarcliff took one other likelihood on a controversial movie that no different distributor would contact: “The Apprentice,” the Donald Trump biopic that starred Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Sturdy and premiered on the Cannes Movie Pageant. The movie underwent a thorny rights battle after its unique financiers wished to bury it over its content material, however Briarcliff finally labored to purchase out the financier’s stake and produce it to theaters domestically. The movie made simply $4 million within the U.S. however has carried out much better abroad.