In a stunning turn of events, Marvel Studios and the Walt Disney Corporation have cut all ties with actor Jonathan Majors, who was recently convicted of assault and harassment against his former girlfriend, Grace Jabbari. The 34-year-old actor, once considered a rising star in Hollywood, faced a swift downfall after being arrested on March 26 in connection with a heated altercation with Jabbari in a chauffeured SUV in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood.
Marvel Studios Severs Ties with Actor Jonathan Majors Following Assault Conviction
Majors was convicted on Monday of two out of the four charges brought against him: third-degree assault and second-degree aggravated assault. The trial, which spanned two weeks, featured testimony from Jabbari, who detailed a physical confrontation that occurred when she discovered romantic texts on Majors’s phone. Allegedly, Majors twisted her arm, causing “excruciating pain,” and struck her in the head. Surveillance footage presented during the trial showed Majors fleeing the scene on foot through the streets of lower Manhattan, with Jabbari in pursuit.
The former couple first crossed paths on the set of Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” in 2021, where Majors portrayed the time-traveling villain Kang the Conqueror, and Jabbari worked as a movement coach. The film, released just a month before Majors’s arrest, was intended to mark the beginning of a new cinematic era for Marvel, leading to future collaborations such as both seasons of the Loki series and “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty,” set for release in May 2026, according to Deadline. However, with Majors’s conviction, the fate of these projects hangs in the balance.
Marvel has not responded to inquiries about its ongoing relationship with Majors at the time of publication, leaving fans and industry insiders speculating about the future direction of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Majors, known for his roles in “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” “Devotion,” “Lovecraft Country,” “The Harder They Fall,” “Da 5 Bloods,” and “Creed III,” is also grappling with the fallout from his professional relationships beyond Marvel. His film “Magazine Dreams,” where he played a troubled amateur bodybuilder, successfully premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January. However, Searchlight Pictures, a Disney-owned distributor, pulled the film from its release calendar ahead of the trial.
Beyond the studio fallout, Majors has lost support from his public relations firm, the Lede Company, and his managers at Entertainment 360 have parted ways with the actor. The impact of these developments on Majors’s once-promising career is significant.
As the actor awaits sentencing in February, facing a potential one-year prison term for the third-degree assault charge, the entertainment industry is left grappling with the ripple effects of this high-profile case. Majors’s swift and dramatic fall from grace serves as a stark reminder of the complex intersection between personal actions and professional consequences in the public eye.
