David Meltzer
Jonathan Majors has been set to lead Gerard McMurray’s action movie True Threat.
This come in the wake of Majors being cast in the upcoming revenge thriller Merciless, directed by Martin Villeneuve.
True Threat follows Special Forces operative ‘Vernon Threat’ (Majors) as he embarks on a relentless quest for justice after his teenage son is murdered by a Harlem gang known as The Apollo Kids. Determined to take revenge, Threat infiltrates The Carter, a towering 20-story project building that serves as the gang’s stronghold, battling his way to the top floor to confront their leader and his former mentor, ‘Shallow.’ Combining gripping action with deep themes of fatherhood, brotherhood, and community responsibility, True Threat promises to deliver a culturally urgent and relentlessly kinetic experience.
True Threat is the next production from CAT5, the action-focused film label launched by Alexis Garcia last year with the backing of Fifth Season. McMurray directs from a script he co-wrote with Hodge K. Johnson, with SAG Award nominee Larnell Stovall overseeing the film’s action design. True Threat will prominently feature 52 Blocks, a Black American martial arts style, making it the first major film to showcase the discipline.
A Primetime Emmy, Critics’ Choice, SAG Awards nominee, Jonathan Majors, can currently be seen starring in Elijah Bynum’s Magazine Dreams, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and won the Special Jury Award before its March 21 release of this year via Briarcliff Entertainment.
Majors’ breakout performance in A24’s The Last Black Man in San Francisco earned critical acclaim. He went on to star in HBO’s 2x Emmy winning Lovecraft Country, Netflix’s The Harder They Fall, and Devotion opposite Glen Powell. Majors’ turn in Creed III opposite Michael B. Jordan helped deliver a record-breaking domestic opening for the franchise ($58.3M) and the biggest domestic release ever for a sports film ($156.2M). Additional credits include ABC’s award-winning mini-series When We Rise, and Columbia Pictures’ White Boy Rick where he starred opposite Matthew McConaughey. Majors also played the mega villain He Who Remains in Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Loki and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaia. Majors is represented by WME.
Last November, Majors’ ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari dropped the federal lawsuit in which she accused him of assault and defamation from an incident in March 2023.
Launched in May 2024, CAT5 is a turnkey financing and production company committed to developing high-quality action films with broad commercial appeal. Prior to founding CAT5, Alexis Garcia played a pivotal role at Fifth Season (formerly Endeavor Content), overseeing the production of over 40 films and establishing the company as a global content leader.
