Updated
Updated · The Guardian · Sep 17
Jonathan Majors Stars in 128-Minute Daily Wire Film After 2023 Assault Conviction
Updated
Updated · The Guardian · Sep 17

Jonathan Majors Stars in 128-Minute Daily Wire Film After 2023 Assault Conviction

3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Sep 17

Summary

  • Run Hide Fight: Infidels marks Majors’s first new production since his 2023 legal troubles, putting him at the center of a Daily Wire thriller built around an Islamist attack on a college campus.
  • The 128-minute film, directed by Kyle Rankin, was marketed with a trailer mixing fictional scenes with real 9/11 footage and pro-Palestine protests, drawing criticism as xenophobic and Islamophobic while right-wing commentators praised it.
  • Majors takes the role after a steep fall from Marvel stardom: he was convicted on two misdemeanor assault and harassment counts, dropped by the U.S. Army, and replaced in Marvel’s Kang storyline.
  • The report frames the project as a comeback bid that follows the collapse of Magazine Dreams and other stalled opportunities, while arguing a friendlier right-wing media climate could still help restore his profile.

Insights

Will Jonathan Majors' controversial new action thriller successfully launch his career comeback, or permanently exile him from mainstream Hollywood?
How will the reported on-set accidents and crew walkoffs affect the highly debated release of Majors' first post-conviction movie?