Jonathan Majors, who was convicted last month of assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend, has been excluded from a proposed film project in which he would have played flamboyant basketball star Dennis Rodman.
The move by the producers of the film “48 Hours in Las Vegas” comes a few days after the actor's interview with ABC News, where he denied having abused his ex, actress Grace Jabbari, and said he still hopes to have a future. in Hollywood. Following the jury's verdict, he was fired by Marvel, where he had been cast as Kang the Conqueror, a prominent villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. His character was introduced in 2023's “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and the actor was set to star. in “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty,” scheduled for 2026.
“48 Hours in Las Vegas” had been developed as a project that would depict Rodman's party in Las Vegas during the 1998 NBA Finals. The film had been developed at Lionsgate, but the studio has returned the project to its producers, Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Aditya Sood, so they can shop the film elsewhere and find a new partner.
Under the new agreement, Majors has not been officially fired, but he is no longer in the picture. If the project ends up at Lionsgate, he will be cut from the film, insiders said. Representatives for Lionsgate and the producers declined to comment.
Majors is scheduled to be sentenced in February and could receive up to a year in prison. He was arrested last March after a physical confrontation with Jabbari.
Prosecutors said Majors attacked Jabbari after she read a romantic text message sent to his phone from another woman. Prosecutors alleged that Majors grabbed Jabbari's hand so forcefully that he fractured her middle finger, hit her in the face with his open hand and pushed her toward a vehicle. She was hospitalized for minor injuries.
At the time of the arrest, the actor was being praised for a series of strong performances in “Creed III,” “Lovecraft Country,” “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” “The Harder They Fall” and other projects. His 2023 Sundance competition film, “Magazine Dreams,” which had sparked early Oscar buzz, remains unreleased.
