Jonathan Majors has been fired from the film 48 Hours in Vegas in which he was going to play Dennis Rodman. Majors was fired following his guilty verdict, and that recent interview he gave after. He was also dropped by Marvel Studios.
The movie was initially set up at Lionsgate, who is no longer involved. The story would’ve followed Rodman’s 48 hours in Vegas during the 1998 NBA Championship Finals. This is a crazy true story of how he “went on a madcap adventure with his skittish assistant GM in the middle of the 1998 NBA Finals. The film will detail a budding friendship that neither one of them ever thought was possible but will end up solving both of their problems.”
It’s explained, “Everybody had heard the rumors of this crazy story when it first happened in the ’90s, but it was recently given the spotlight again following the success of the Michael Jordan-Chicago Bulls doc The Last Dance, which premiered to massive numbers last May. The incident was given the full treatment in the doc, with everyone from Jordan to coach Phil Jackson to supermodel Carmen Electra talking about what went down as Rodman took the trip all while the Bulls were trying to complete its second three-peat championship run.”
Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Aditya Sood are producing the film. Ari Lubet, Will Allegra, and Rodman will executive produce. The screenplay was by Jordan VanDina.
While Majors believes he will make a comeback in Hollywood, he’s got a long, rough road ahead of him, and if it happens, it won’t be anytime soon.
Source: Deadline
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