Searchlight Pictures has set a release date for the feature Magazine Dreams. The film will start its showings in theaters on December 8, 2023.

The drama follows an aspiring bodybuilder and his physical and inner struggle to achieve success in his path.

“Killian Maddox lives with his ailing veteran grandfather, obsessively working out between court-mandated therapy appointments and part-time shifts at a grocery store where he harbors a crush on a friendly cashier. Though Killian’s struggles to read social cues and maintain control of his volatile temper amplify his sense of disconnection amid a hostile world, nothing deters him from his fiercely protected dream of bodybuilding superstardom, not even the doctors who warn that he’s causing permanent damage to his body with his quest”

 Creed III actor Jonathan Majors stars as Maddox, Haley Bennet, Taylour Paige, and Mike O’Hearn. The film was written and directed by Elijah Bynum and produced by Jennifer Fox, Dan Gilroy, and Jeffrey Soros.

Bynum’s previous feature as a director is Hot Summer Nights, starring Timothée Chalamet and Maika Monroe and released by A24.

Magazine Dreams had its world premiere this year at the Sundance film festival, receiving solid reviews. Searchlight Pictured picked the film up from there for its distribution, where CAA handled the sale of its domestic rights.