"Michael", a biopic about Michael Jackson, is officially happening.


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Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International announced on Tuesday that Universal will serve as the international distributor for the Michael Jackson biopic Michael, starring the pop superstar’s nephew Jaafar Jackson, which we were first to report on. Uni will handle all territories apart from Japan, with Lionsgate repping the film on the domestic front.

Antoine Fuqua will direct the film from a script by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan, with Graham King (Bohemian Rhapsody) producing alongside John Branca and John McClain, the co-executors of the Michael Jackson Estate. Production is set to kick off as soon as the SAG-AFTRA strike resolves.

Michael promises to give audiences a never-before-told and in-depth portrayal of the complicated man who became the King of Pop. The film will explore all aspects of Jackson’s life, including his most iconic performances that led him to become one of the most beloved entertainers of all time.

Said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chair, Joe Drake, “Michael’s decades-long career left an indelible mark on the way audiences experience entertainment all over the world. We are thrilled to be partnering with our friends at Universal to give global audiences new insight into the complex life of one of the most prolific artists the world has ever known.”

Since his passing on June 25, 2009, aged 50, Jackson’s music has continued to resonate broadly, even as his legacy continues to be wrestled with. The Tony Award-winning hit MJ the Musical, based on his life, continues to play to sold-out crowds on Broadway and with its national touring company across North America, and will open on London’s coveted West End next spring, coming to Hamburg later in the year. The Cirque du Soleil-produced live stage experiences Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour and Michael Jackson ONE hold the titles of the top ten touring show of all time and top Las Vegas attraction, respectively, and Michael Jackson’s This is It remains the highest grossing concert documentary worldwide.
Awesome!! I'm really excited for this. It will be a while still but I pray they do MJ justice (I think they will)
 
I can not wait. The dance studios will be overrun to learn the MJ moves, every fitness workout will be accompanied by Michael's music, the radio stations will have at least one song per hour, his streams will go up like a rocket, there will be a new MJ hype and hopefully there will be a clear realization that the allegations of abuse were nothing more than an attempt at blackmail by money-hungry, characterless and fraudulent people.



 
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It will have the potential to be the biggest and best thing that could happen to MJ's legacy since his death (if it's a hit)

The Queen biopic had a massive positive impact on their career and generated millions of new fans.

With the same producer on hand we need to be aiming big. Unfortunately I can't see it hitting the same numbers as that was a one of

Fuqa as director I'm not so sure of but it all depends on the script, with the same writer as Gladiator and The Aviator it could be brilliant.

If they get the allegations right and approach it as MJ the victim it could change everything.
 
Bohemian Rhapsody wasn't good so I don't think that matters.
I'd hate for a biopic to suck, the assumption is it's not. Bohemian Rhapsody sounds pretty unhinged. Hopefully it'll be more Get On Up for James Brown. Though idk, that one might be as good because of Chadwick Boseman.
 
It is just really really sad that a LN2 is coming out right before the biodoc...

If it does just 25% of the damage LN did, it will be devastating - and could affect the movies succes badly.

I hope the biopic will be good - I will no doubt see it in cinema with huge screen and perfect audio. I am not too optimistic, but I really really hope it will be good and a succes - and more than anything I hope it might help people to understand MJ a little better. And see things from his perspective.
 
It is just really really sad that a LN2 is coming out right before the biodoc...

If it does just 25% of the damage LN did, it will be devastating - and could affect the movies succes badly.

I hope the biopic will be good - I will no doubt see it in cinema with huge screen and perfect audio. I am not too optimistic, but I really really hope it will be good and a succes - and more than anything I hope it might help people to understand MJ a little better. And see things from his perspective.
Put it this way, I have a feeling the Estate will put up more of a public fight, espicially if they're backed by a major studio like Universal
 
honestly, was a LN2 confirmed for real?
also... what are they supposed to talk about in it??? telling the same lies again? i don't think a LN2 will be really made.. i think the guys just talking about a potential part 2 to stay "relevant"...
 
honestly, was a LN2 confirmed for real?
also... what are they supposed to talk about in it??? telling the same lies again? i don't think a LN2 will be really made.. i think the guys just talking about a potential part 2 to stay "relevant"...
My thoughts exactly plus all the shock factor of the first has gone. We should be cautious but I don't think a LN2 will have the impact that the first had.

You can almost guarantee though that that badly git will be everywhere and "protesting" around the time of the release
 
honestly, was a LN2 confirmed for real?
also... what are they supposed to talk about in it??? telling the same lies again? i don't think a LN2 will be really made.. i think the guys just talking about a potential part 2 to stay "relevant"...
Yes, Dan has been filming them for ages now.
 
Yes. He's been filming stuff in court probably since LN1 was finished. I can't go and look for this now but I seem to remember Charles Thomson, on MJCast, saying DR had always had a contract to do a 2-part thing. And even if that is incorrect, there have been various mentions over the years of DR being given permission to film inside the court as the WR and JS lawsuits work their way through the system.
 
LN2 is happening and Dan will be trying to sabotage the biopic by releasing it but it won't have the same impact. Enough time has passed for people to not care anymore. Not to mention the lies and inconsistencies that have been uncovered.
 
honestly, was a LN2 confirmed for real?
also... what are they supposed to talk about in it??? telling the same lies again? i don't think a LN2 will be really made.. i think the guys just talking about a potential part 2 to stay "relevant"...
They will probably talk about the court cases and say how badly they are treated. I remember that there was talk about filming in court. I don't know if it was allowed.
 
This place is going to be bustling the months before and after this release. I hope the Estate opts for a very expensive in your face everywhere approach to the marketing. Also they shouldn’t shy away from using controversial images or topics for the marketing. You‘re not gonna get asses in the seats with showing the moonwalk, a white glove and some screaming fans footage In the trailer.

What I think also is a romantic scene, a date or romance that Michael had should be included in the film, people are curious about this part of his life. I think the Estate should ditch the enigma and fully open up about Michael, make him human with all the faults that come with it.
 
I can not wait. The dance studios will be overrun to learn the MJ moves, every fitness workout will be accompanied by Michael's music, the radio stations will have at least one song per hour, his streams will go up like a rocket, there will be a new MJ hype and hopefully there will be a clear realization that the allegations of abuse were nothing more than an attempt at blackmail by money-hungry, characterless and fraudulent people.



All people who were MJ fans before LN will eventually become fans again. I think it will surpass Barbie, The Eras Tour, Oppenheimer, Renaissance World Tour, The Super Mario Bros Movie, etc. and It’ll have the biggest impact on everything and everywhere of all time. It’ll be the best-selling and highest-grossing movie of all time. Its impact on all entities. Mattel will both release an actual Michael Jackson Barbie doll and Barbie as Michael Jackson doll. This will be the first time that a celebrity has been immortalized as a Barbie in two different ways simultaneously. These dolls are in two different forms. One is made in the star’s likeness and the other has Barbie dressed as the star. The former will be available in multiple outfits. The latter will be available in black, white, Latina, Asian, Native American, and mixed-race versions. Both dolls will be wearing the same clothes. Michael Jackson is getting his own Barbie in two different forms. MJ the Musical and MJ One will make big changes as well!!!! All companies will collaborate with MJ’s estate. MJ the Musical will have an international tour in the revamped formula. The international tour will include Michael Jacksons from each and every production and appear in the tour together and each incarnation of MJ will be portrayed by each actor from each production (Broadway, West End, U.S. Tour, Hamburg, etc.) to represent each respective production. Changes for MJ the Musical include an increasing number of actors playing Michael Jackson for the show, an increasing number of MJ eras, rearranged musical numbers that were in the original, new songs, new characters' parts added to existing arrangements of numbers, new dialogue, new finale, new costumes, new duet numbers, new trio numbers, new quartet numbers, new larger group numbers, new set, new scenes, new characters (including Rebbie, LaToya, Janet, etc.), multiple Michael Jacksons dance-off scene with dance icons, multiple (at least three) Michael Jacksons singing in some of the numbers, all MJ incarnations singing a number outside of MITM and finale, Michael Jacksons playing instruments (like guitar, piano, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, percussion, etc.), each MJ incarnation getting solo numbers, one of MJ incarnations’s sounding like as if his voice was rested and had proper care, the MITM ending sung by one of MJ incarnations. Every and each MJ incarnation will have range extensions in both ways and add whistle register notes. Changes for MJ One include using unreleased songs from the biopic in the show. the Simpsons’ "Stark Raving Dad" will be back to syndication and DVDs and appear on Disney+ for the first time, along with Captain EO. Michael Jackson's fedora, poster and glove will be readded into the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. It’ll also have an extensive marketing campaign. It’ll win every nomination at every movie awards. MJ the Musical and the biopic casts will perform at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin Eve etc during the biopic’s campaign. Michael Jackson’s Halloween will rerun during the Halloween season following the release of the biopic since Leaving Neverland. MJ the Musical will finally surpass The Lion King and others in everything musicals. The biopic will be shown in all the nations of the world. Each and every Legends in Concert location and production (even Rock-a-Hula, Foxwoods and Crown Palms) will have a Michael Jackson-themed production, similar to Back in the Building and Elvis Lives shows, but four, five or six MJ tribute artists representing the eras. The number of MJ impersonators will surpass that of Elvis’s. MJ is going to have a lot of street signs in the world, surpassing Martin Luther King Jr. He is going to have more posthumous keys to the city. Thriller will be No 1. best selling album in USA once again to boost. Legends in Concert will finally have more than one Michael Jackson tribute artist to have two or three tributes to the King of Pop in a single production representing each stage of his career before the all-Michael Jackson production besides Elvis. There will be more fanfiction stories where all thirty-five incarnations of Michael Jackson, even naming them all the album titles (he recorded with J5 and solo) and toddler and baby versions of MJ, and movies. The scene where they watch Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour on Netflix and having all kinds of fun and playing instruments as a band and sing and dance and then as an orchestra together etc. They will play diverse genres of music. Instruments include these things that Michael never played in his whole life. They will all attend MJ the Musical. They’re all going to get each iPhone (except baby and toddler), most popular era iPhone Pro Max or an iPhone Ultra; least popular era iPhone standard non-Pro. Baby is going to get a new bottle and toddler is going to get Legos. Some of them will get Apple Watches Ultra, AirPods, and iPad Pros. Others will get clothing merchandise, iMacs and MacBooks. They’re going to the author’s biggest mansion and sleep in the biggest bedroom. There will be pets as well. There will be all Michael Jackson’s forming as Avengers style team as well just like when Disney Princesses did with Ralph Breaks the Internet and LEGO Disney Princess: The Castle Quest. The biopic’s press tour will be major cities of every country in the world. All celebrities who defended him before LN will defend again because of innocence. Fortnite will add every Michael Jackson era skin to the game and perform a virtual concert as well as adding it to iOS and Android. Michael Jackson The Experience and MJ’s Moonwalker will have sequels in the vein of Into the Spider-Verse. The former Will have a tour version.
 
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All people who were MJ fans before LN will eventually become fans again. I think it will surpass Barbie, The Eras Tour, Oppenheimer, Renaissance World Tour, The Super Mario Bros Movie, etc. and It’ll have the biggest impact on everything and everywhere of all time. It’ll be the best-selling and highest-grossing movie of all time. Its impact on all entities. Mattel will both release an actual Michael Jackson Barbie doll and Barbie as Michael Jackson doll. This will be the first time that a celebrity has been immortalized as a Barbie in two different ways simultaneously. These dolls are in two different forms. One is made in the star’s likeness and the other has Barbie dressed as the star. The former will be available in multiple outfits. The latter will be available in black, white, Latina, Asian, Native American, and mixed-race versions. Both dolls will be wearing the same clothes. Michael Jackson is getting his own Barbie in two different forms. MJ the Musical and MJ One will make big changes as well!!!! All companies will collaborate with MJ’s estate. MJ the Musical will have an international tour in the revamped formula. The international tour will include Michael Jacksons from each and every production and appear in the tour together and each incarnation of MJ will be portrayed by each actor from each production (Broadway, West End, U.S. Tour, Hamburg, etc.) to represent each respective production. Changes for MJ the Musical include an increasing number of actors playing Michael Jackson for the show, an increasing number of MJ eras, rearranged musical numbers that were in the original, new songs, new characters' parts added to existing arrangements of numbers, new dialogue, new finale, new costumes, new duet numbers, new trio numbers, new quartet numbers, new larger group numbers, new set, new scenes, new characters (including Rebbie, LaToya, Janet, etc.), multiple Michael Jacksons dance-off scene with dance icons, multiple (at least three) Michael Jacksons singing in some of the numbers, all MJ incarnations singing a number outside of MITM and finale, Michael Jacksons playing instruments (like guitar, piano, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, percussion, etc.), each MJ incarnation getting solo numbers, one of MJ incarnations’s sounding like as if his voice was rested and had proper care, the MITM ending sung by one of MJ incarnations. Every and each MJ incarnation will have range extensions in both ways and add whistle register notes. Changes for MJ One include using unreleased songs from the biopic in the show. the Simpsons’ "Stark Raving Dad" will be back to syndication and DVDs and appear on Disney+ for the first time, along with Captain EO. Michael Jackson's fedora, poster and glove will be readded into the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. It’ll also have an extensive marketing campaign. It’ll win every nomination at every movie awards. MJ the Musical and the biopic casts will perform at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin Eve etc during the biopic’s campaign. Michael Jackson’s Halloween will rerun during the Halloween season following the release of the biopic since Leaving Neverland. MJ the Musical will finally surpass The Lion King and others in everything musicals. The biopic will be shown in all the nations of the world. Each and every Legends in Concert location and production (even Rock-a-Hula, Foxwoods and Crown Palms) will have a Michael Jackson-themed production, similar to Back in the Building and Elvis Lives shows, but four, five or six MJ tribute artists representing the eras. The number of MJ impersonators will surpass that of Elvis’s. MJ is going to have a lot of street signs in the world, surpassing Martin Luther King Jr. He is going to have more posthumous keys to the city. Thriller will be No 1. best selling album in USA once again to boost. Legends in Concert will finally have more than one Michael Jackson tribute artist to have two or three tributes to the King of Pop in a single production representing each stage of his career before the all-Michael Jackson production besides Elvis. There will be more fanfiction stories where all thirty-five incarnations of Michael Jackson, even naming them all the album titles (he recorded with J5 and solo) and toddler and baby versions of MJ, and movies. The scene where they watch Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour on Netflix and having all kinds of fun and playing instruments as a band and sing and dance and then as an orchestra together etc. They will play diverse genres of music. Instruments include these things that Michael never played in his whole life. They will all attend MJ the Musical. They’re all going to get each iPhone (except baby and toddler), most popular era iPhone Pro Max or an iPhone Ultra; least popular era iPhone standard non-Pro. Baby is going to get a new bottle and toddler is going to get Legos. Some of them will get Apple Watches Ultra, AirPods, and iPad Pros. Others will get clothing merchandise, iMacs and MacBooks. They’re going to the author’s biggest mansion and sleep in the biggest bedroom. There will be pets as well. There will be all Michael Jackson’s forming as Avengers style team as well just like when Disney Princesses did with Ralph Breaks the Internet and LEGO Disney Princess: The Castle Quest. The biopic’s press tour will be major cities of every country in the world. All celebrities who defended him before LN will defend again because of innocence. Fortnite will add every Michael Jackson era skin to the game and perform a virtual concert as well as adding it to iOS and Android. Michael Jackson The Experience and MJ’s Moonwalker will have sequels in the vein of Into the Spider-Verse. The former Will have a tour version.
 
All people who were MJ fans before LN will eventually become fans again. I think it will surpass Barbie, The Eras Tour, Oppenheimer, Renaissance World Tour, The Super Mario Bros Movie, etc. and It’ll have the biggest impact on everything and everywhere of all time. It’ll be the best-selling and highest-grossing movie of all time. Its impact on all entities. Mattel will both release an actual Michael Jackson Barbie doll and Barbie as Michael Jackson doll. This will be the first time that a celebrity has been immortalized as a Barbie in two different ways simultaneously. These dolls are in two different forms. One is made in the star’s likeness and the other has Barbie dressed as the star. The former will be available in multiple outfits. The latter will be available in black, white, Latina, Asian, Native American, and mixed-race versions. Both dolls will be wearing the same clothes. Michael Jackson is getting his own Barbie in two different forms. MJ the Musical and MJ One will make big changes as well!!!! All companies will collaborate with MJ’s estate. MJ the Musical will have an international tour in the revamped formula. The international tour will include Michael Jacksons from each and every production and appear in the tour together and each incarnation of MJ will be portrayed by each actor from each production (Broadway, West End, U.S. Tour, Hamburg, etc.) to represent each respective production. Changes for MJ the Musical include an increasing number of actors playing Michael Jackson for the show, an increasing number of MJ eras, rearranged musical numbers that were in the original, new songs, new characters' parts added to existing arrangements of numbers, new dialogue, new finale, new costumes, new duet numbers, new trio numbers, new quartet numbers, new larger group numbers, new set, new scenes, new characters (including Rebbie, LaToya, Janet, etc.), multiple Michael Jacksons dance-off scene with dance icons, multiple (at least three) Michael Jacksons singing in some of the numbers, all MJ incarnations singing a number outside of MITM and finale, Michael Jacksons playing instruments (like guitar, piano, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, percussion, etc.), each MJ incarnation getting solo numbers, one of MJ incarnations’s sounding like as if his voice was rested and had proper care, the MITM ending sung by one of MJ incarnations. Every and each MJ incarnation will have range extensions in both ways and add whistle register notes. Changes for MJ One include using unreleased songs from the biopic in the show. the Simpsons’ "Stark Raving Dad" will be back to syndication and DVDs and appear on Disney+ for the first time, along with Captain EO. Michael Jackson's fedora, poster and glove will be readded into the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. It’ll also have an extensive marketing campaign. It’ll win every nomination at every movie awards. MJ the Musical and the biopic casts will perform at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin Eve etc during the biopic’s campaign. Michael Jackson’s Halloween will rerun during the Halloween season following the release of the biopic since Leaving Neverland. MJ the Musical will finally surpass The Lion King and others in everything musicals. The biopic will be shown in all the nations of the world. Each and every Legends in Concert location and production (even Rock-a-Hula, Foxwoods and Crown Palms) will have a Michael Jackson-themed production, similar to Back in the Building and Elvis Lives shows, but four, five or six MJ tribute artists representing the eras. The number of MJ impersonators will surpass that of Elvis’s. MJ is going to have a lot of street signs in the world, surpassing Martin Luther King Jr. He is going to have more posthumous keys to the city. Thriller will be No 1. best selling album in USA once again to boost. Legends in Concert will finally have more than one Michael Jackson tribute artist to have two or three tributes to the King of Pop in a single production representing each stage of his career before the all-Michael Jackson production besides Elvis. There will be more fanfiction stories where all thirty-five incarnations of Michael Jackson, even naming them all the album titles (he recorded with J5 and solo) and toddler and baby versions of MJ, and movies. The scene where they watch Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour on Netflix and having all kinds of fun and playing instruments as a band and sing and dance and then as an orchestra together etc. They will play diverse genres of music. Instruments include these things that Michael never played in his whole life. They will all attend MJ the Musical. They’re all going to get each iPhone (except baby and toddler), most popular era iPhone Pro Max or an iPhone Ultra; least popular era iPhone standard non-Pro. Baby is going to get a new bottle and toddler is going to get Legos. Some of them will get Apple Watches Ultra, AirPods, and iPad Pros. Others will get clothing merchandise, iMacs and MacBooks. They’re going to the author’s biggest mansion and sleep in the biggest bedroom. There will be pets as well. There will be all Michael Jackson’s forming as Avengers style team as well just like when Disney Princesses did with Ralph Breaks the Internet and LEGO Disney Princess: The Castle Quest. The biopic’s press tour will be major cities of every country in the world. All celebrities who defended him before LN will defend again because of innocence. Fortnite will add every Michael Jackson era skin to the game and perform a virtual concert as well as adding it to iOS and Android. Michael Jackson The Experience and MJ’s Moonwalker will have sequels in the vein of Into the Spider-Verse. The former Will have a tour version.
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