The first trailer for the Michael Jackson Biopic has arrived online following reports of a troubled production.
Filming on Michael was completed in May 2024 and the film was originally scheduled for release in April 2025, a date pushed back to October, but reskoots are due once again in April 2026.
There are further reports that the film is being split into two parts, but the first trailer now suggests that it will be released as one movie.
The film comes from Director Antoine Fuqua, a director associated with action and thriller titles including training day, the equalizer and Olympus fell. The script is from John Logan, the Oscar-nominated Screenwriter of Gladiator, the Aviator and Hugo.
The central role will be played by Jaafar Jackson, the singer’s real-life nephew, while Oscar nominee Colman Domingo will play Joe Jackson and other roles filled in by actors including Miles Teller, Nia Long and Laura Harrier.
“Michael’s life is complicated,” The British Proushercer Graham King said about the project. “As a filmmaker, I look at the person but do not sanitize and present a very strong story that you can feel in a reaction that has a reaction that has an effect in a reaction that has a life that has a life and a legacy that is worth exploring.”
Allegations of sexual assault against Jackson were resurfaced in the 2019 Dan Reed documents that left the girls, which included interviews that claimed he claimed them as his children. Name IS reported Read a draft of the script and call it “disturbingly disturbing” after allegedly vindicating the accusers.
“Jackson only saw taking care of children with childhood cancer, or dancing with a little girl in a wheelchair, or many children,” he said.
Earlier this year Domingo spoke about the Jackson family and their involvement in the project at an event in Venice.
“They are very supportive of our film,” Domingo As of jackson’s children paris and prince. “I’m excited to be here at Amfar tonight with Paris. It seems like a great way for us to be together.”
But Paris quickly denied any involvement on Instagram, writing:
He added: “A big reason why I didn’t say anything until this point is because I know a certain section of the fantasy, and they are happy.”
Michael brought in a reported budget of $155m and is coming off the fall of the box office failure to return for this year’s Springteen Biopic, which has only made $31m since its release last month.