A shock have a look at the Michael Jackson biopic Michael closed out Lionsgate’s panel at CinemaCon Wednesday.
Producer Graham King revealed the challenge will embrace greater than 30 songs, and teased it could be “lengthy” to be able to do the music star’s story justice.
“Behind the unrelenting scrutiny and the accusations and the blinding media highlight, he was merely a person. A person who lived a really difficult life. The film will get into all of it,” King mentioned, alluding to the a number of scandals Jackson confronted.
The trailer started with a have a look at the Jackson 5 performing “ABC” on TV, after which minimize to a Nineties period live performance of Jackson performing “Man within the Mirror.” Jackson’s real-life nephew Jaafar Jackson stars as Michael, and has each a powerful resemblance to the actual Jackson and seems to have captured his dancing and stage presence.
“You by no means have been like anybody else,” his mom (Nia Lengthy) says in a single level within the trailer, which is promoting the movie as going past the controversy to disclose the person.
Antoine Fuqua directs the movie, which is made in cooperation with Jackson’s property, calling into query how deep into allegations of abuse the movie will deal with. However producer King mentioned Wednesday there may be an expectation to be goal in a biopic.
“While you point out his identify, everybody has an opinion,” mentioned King. “For the primary time … generations of moviegoers will come collectively to expertise an inside have a look at essentially the most prolific artist who ever lived.”
The characteristic has an April 18, 2025 launch date. It additionally stars Colman Domingo as patriarch Joe Jackson and Miles Teller as supervisor John Branca.