Michael Jackson Biopic is Coming Soon — Lionsgate Promises to Profile ‘Brilliant Yet Complicated Man’

Lionsgate and Universal will launch a brand-new Michael Jackson biopic in 2025, assuring to profile a ‘dazzling yet complex male.’

Lionsgate has revealed the start of production on director Antoine Fuqua’s “Michael,” a brand-new Michael Jackson biopic starring Jaafar Jackson. Production begins January 22, with the movie slated for an April 18, 2025 release.

Scripted by John Logan (“Gladiator,” “The Aviator,”) and produced by Graham King (“Bohemian Rhapsody,”) the movie follows “the complex guy who ends up being the King of Pop, from victories to catastrophes, from his human side and individual battles to his innovative genius.” John Branca and John McClain, co-executors of the Michael Jackson Estate, likewise work as manufacturers.

“Michael” has actually remained in the pipeline considering that late 2019, with King having actually protected the rights from the Michael Jackson Estate to all the late singer-songwriter’s music. Lionsgate nabbed up the job in February 2022, and will launch the motion picture stateside, while Universal manages global circulation.

Jaafar Jackson, the 27-year-old nephew of Michael and boy of previous Jackson 5 member Jermaine, landed the title function in January in 2015. Director Fuqua states it’s “astonishing just how much he’s like Michael … seem like him, dances like him, sings. It’s actually extraordinary. Graham King, who is a great manufacturer, discovered him and presented him to me, and I was blown away.”

“I’m so honored to inform Michael’s story,” states King. “It’s been a long journey and I’m thrilled for the movie to reveal audiences worldwide a viewpoint of Michael that they’ve never ever seen.”

“Michael Jackson was inarguably among the best performers of perpetuity. His effect on music, video, art, style, culture– therefore a lot more– was amazing and is still exceptionally pertinent,” includes Adam Fogelson, Chair of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. “I can’t await audiences to be able to see this movie in theaters worldwide next year.”

Lionsgate firmly insists the movie will cover “all elements of Jackson’s life,” however it stays to be seen how or if it may deal with Michael’s numerous debates, especially offered the estate’s participation. Jackson’s estate has actually emphatically protected him versus allegations of sexually abusing kids, even when HBO’s 2019 documentary, “Leaving Neverland,” returned those allegations to the general public eye.