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Jonathan Sadler . Magus Films
Books & Writing — Fiction & Nonfiction by Jonathan Sadler
Alongside his film-marketing work, Jonathan Sadler writes literary fiction exploring identity, memory and psychological tension — stories where myth, reality and obsession intersect. This page should feature both his nonfiction work Film Marketing & Distribution (Oldcastle Books, 2025) and his fiction projects The Aeonia Enigma (coming soon) and The Last Descent (in progress).
​Who it's for
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​Independent filmmakers
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Producers without in-house marketing teams
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Students of film & media
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Early-career distributors & marketers
The Last Descent
​(In Progress)
James, early 30s, has drifted through life never knowing where he truly belongs. Adopted as a child and suddenly orphaned again after the unexpected death of his adoptive parents, he’s stunned to discover a generous inheritance left by an anonymous benefactor. The windfall draws him into the orbit of a glamorous circle of jet-set investors who whisk him away on a dream skiing trip and offer him a place in their supposedly ‘can’t-lose’ hedge fund.
But after James is nearly killed in an avalanche and forced into a long convalescence at an Alpine hospice, he returns to London to find everything gone — the money, the investors, even his identity. His accounts have been emptied and the men who courted him have vanished.
Determined to uncover who wiped him out and why, James begins the hunt. A chance encounter with Beth — another victim of the same group — reveals the con is far deeper and more personal than he thought. Together they chase the trail across London’s financial underworld, and in the process James is forced to confront the mystery he’s avoided all his life: who his real parents were, and why the conspirators targeted him in the first place.
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Forthcoming Non fiction
Pop Fiction
(In Progress)
Pop Fiction explores the strange, irresistible power of songs written for artists who never existed — and the fictional bands and singers who somehow found a place in our real cultural lives.
From Almost Famous to Daisy Jones & The Six, Once, Sing Street, A Star Is Born, Begin Again and The Ballad of Wallis Island, these films and series have produced songs that linger long after the credits roll — sometimes becoming hits, sometimes inspiring tours, playlists, and emotional attachments that rival those formed with “real” artists.
Written by a lifelong music obsessive and film marketing professional, Pop Fiction asks why these invented musicians move us so deeply. Is it the songwriting? The performance? The freedom of fiction? Or the fact that these songs arrive unburdened by ego, mythology, or authenticity tests?
This book is a love letter to the writers behind the curtain, the actors brave enough to sing as someone else, and the audiences who allow themselves to fall for a song — even when they know it isn’t real.