Jonathan Majors Is a “Famous Monster” — And Signing Autographs at $140 a Pop

Barring the occasional doorstep TMZ video or red-carpet event appearance, the public hasn’t seen much of 34-year-old actor Jonathan Majors lately. The Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania star was sentenced in April to a 52-week domestic violence intervention program after being convicted of reckless assault in the third degree and harassment in December after an altercation with his then-girlfriend. The performer was ordered to continue mental health counseling and therapy and provide the court with updates on treatment. 

Majors’ Sundance 2023 film Magazine Dreams, initially considered an awards contender, was dropped by Searchlight Pictures, as was his supervillain character Kang the Conqueror from the continuing Marvel Cinematic Universe. (Robert Downey Jr. was rehired by Disney’s comic book movie behemoth to step in as Dr. Victor von Doom for “significantly more than $80 million” over two films.) 

But don’t count Majors out yet. On Sunday, Sept. 15, two days after his first treatment compliance date, he’ll be at the Valley Forge Casino Resort in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, selling autographs for $140 and pro-shot photographs at $160 a pop. The occasion is the Famous Monsters Fest, run by the revived fan journal of note, Famous Monsters of Filmland, which runs from Friday, Sept. 13 through the 15th. Majors, whose monstrous bona fides include his role in HBO’s Lovecraft Country and the villain in Creed III, will be joined in the autograph room by Star Trek’s George Takei, original KISS drummer Peter Criss (“The Cat”!), Andy Serkis, Starcrash heroine and Bond girl Caroline Munro, Kane Hodder (who played Jason Vorhees in four of the Friday the 13th films), Tyler Mane (who played Michael Myers in two of the Halloween films) and several others. Majors does seem to be the marquee draw, judging by his rates: his John Hancock is going for $40 more than Serkis’.

Majors made the announcement in a short video on Famous Monsters’ Instagram. After 23 hours, there were 555 likes and a handful of positive comments. (“Bro it sucks what happened this guy seems like a genuinely good guy who got himself in a bad position because of someone else,” wrote @itssteveithink_.)