Jonathan Majors has now been fired from playing Dennis Rodman

Majors has been fired from the role of Rodman in 48 Hours In Vegas, about an infamous "vacation" during Rodman's NBA career

By William Hughes  |  January 13, 2024 | 1:50am
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Jonathan Majors has now been fired from playing Dennis Rodman
Left: Jonathan Majors (Photo: John Nacion/Getty Images), Right: Dennis Rodman (Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club)

Jonathan Majors’ film and TV commitments continue to get pared down to weepy network news interviews, it seems, as The Wrap reports that the former Marvel star has now been fired from 48 Hours In Vegas, a film in which he was slated to star as NBA legend Dennis Rodman. The film has also reportedly been dropped from Lionsgate’s production slate outright, on the understanding that if it gets shopped around to another studio, it won’t be with Majors in the starring role anymore.

Produced by Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Aditya Sood, the film centers on a memorable moment from the Chicago Bulls’ drive toward the 1998 NBA championship, when Rodman lobbied coach Phil Jackson for the titular 48 hours in Vegas in order to blow off steam—and then failed to return on time, forcing Jackson to send Michael Jordan to drag him back to work. (All of which is recounted, in Jordan’s very funny, straight-talking style, in 2020's The Last Dance.) The film reportedly offered up a fictionalized version of the extended vacation in question, with Rodman teamed up with a “skittish assistant GM” presumably meant to keep him reined in while he partied.

All of which appears to have been absolutely wrecked by Majors’ conviction, late last year, on charges of assault and harassment against ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari. To some extent, today’s news parallels the situation with Disney-acquired festival success Magazine Dreams, the other major non-Marvel project to be shelved in the wake of the convictions; nobody wants to watch Jonathan Majors cut loose or lose control at the moment, is the sentiment we’re picking up.

It’s not clear when, if ever, 48 Hours In Vegas might end up with another studio; Rodman himself serves as an executive producer on the film.

 
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