Jonathan Majors Leads Explosive Action Thriller 'True Threat'
EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Majors will star as the lead in Gerard McMurray’s upcoming action film. True Threat.
This follows after Majors was cast in the impending revenge thriller. Merciless Directed by Martin Villeneuve.
True Threat Follows Special Forces agent 'Vernon Threat' (played by Majors), who sets out on an unyielding pursuit of justice following the murder of his adolescent son at the hands of a Harlem gang called The Apollo Kids. Driven by vengeance, Threat penetrates The Carter, a massive 20-story housing project that acts as the gang’s fortress, fighting through to reach the uppermost level where he aims to face off against their chief and his one-time guide, 'Shallow.' Merging intense action sequences with profound explorations of parenthood, camaraderie, and communal accountability, True Threat anticipates providing audiences with a socially relevant and high-octane narrative.
True Threat The upcoming project from CAT5, the action-centric film division established by Alexis Garcia last year with support from Fifth Season, will be helmed by McMurray. He takes charge based on a screenplay he crafted alongside Hodge K. Johnson, while SAG Award-nominated Larnell Stovall leads the film’s action choreography efforts. True Threat Will notably highlight 52 Blocks, a martial art form originating from Black Americans, becoming the first significant movie to bring this discipline into the spotlight.
Jonathan Majers, who has been nominated for prestigious awards such as the Primetime Emmy, Critics' Choice, and SAG Awards, is now prominently featured in Elijah Bynum’s production. Magazine Dreams , which had its debut at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and received the Special Jury Award prior to its release on March 21 through Briarcliff Entertainment.
Lead actor's standout performance in A24's film The Final African American Resident of San Francisco received widespread praise. He then went on to starred in HBO’s 2x Emmy award-winning Lovecraft Country , Netflix's The Harder They Fall , and Devotion In contrast to Glen Powell, it’s now Majors' time to shine. Creed III Contrary to Michael B. Jordan's involvement, he aided in securing a record-smashing domestic debut for the series ($58.3M), marking the largest domestic launch for such an endeavor.
Sports movie ($156.2 million). Further recognition includes an Emmy for the best miniseries from ABC. When We Rise , and Columbia Pictures' White Boy Rick where he co-starred with Matthew McConaughey. Majors also portrayed the main antagonist, He Who Remains, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Loki and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumadia Majors is represented by William Morris Endeavor.
In November, Majors' former girlfriend Grace Jabbari dismissed the federal lawsuit where she alleged he had assaulted her and defamed her following an event in March 2023.
CAT5, which launched in May 2024, is a comprehensive financing and production firm dedicated to creating top-notch action movies that have widespread market potential. Before starting CAT5, Alexis Garcia was instrumental at Fifth Season (previously known as Endeavor Content), where they managed the production of more than 40 films, helping the company become an international powerhouse in content creation.
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