Written and directed by Bynum, “Magazine Dreams” follows an amateur bodybuilder who struggles to stay sane while balancing the dreams of appearing in muscle magazines that fuel his athletic ambitions and his day job working in a grocery store. The film also stars Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, and Mike O’Hearn.

Searchlight dropped the film after the actor was convicted of assault, but Briarcliff picked it up for a March release.