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“Michael” the upcoming biopic based on the late musician Michael Jackson could possibly be split into two movies, as distributor Lionsgate and Universal Pictures might push up the current Oct. 3 release date, according to a report in Deadline.

The film from director Antione Fuqua was a big part of 2024’s Lionsgate CinemaCon presentation, however no footage from the biopic was shown during these year’s convention, nor was it even mentioned.

The film stars Jackson’s own nephew, Jaafar Jackson, as the music icon in the film. Graham King/Gk Films produced, with a script written by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan.

“Michael” initially wrapped principal photography last May, but Logan’s script is currently being revised ahead of reshoots.

The film also stars Colman Domingo as family patriarch Joe Jackson, and Nia Long as Katherine Jackson. Miles Teller also stars as Jackson’s attorney and advisor John Branca.

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The Cinesite Group, the VFX, immersive and animation studio that is headquartered in London, has a renewed long-term funding package of $215m to continue its operations.

In 2022, a $235m funding package was laid out for Cinesite, led by banks NatWest and Barclays. The renewed package comes in response to changing market conditions. NatWest Corporate Bank led the financing of the $215m package, alongside banks Barclays and Santander, and Cinesite’s shareholders.

Upcoming projects on which Cinesite has worked include A24’s Warfare, Lionsgate’s Michael Jackson biopic Michael, Amazon MGM Studios’ G2O and Paramount Pictures’Smurfs.

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According to a new report, the Michael Jackson biopic has run into some legal issues that is delaying its release.

The movie, which stars Michael‘s nephew Jaafar Jackson as the late King of Pop, was originally supposed to premiere in April 2025. However, the release was pushed back to October.

A reason was not given at the time. However, it has been suggested that some legal issues has led to required reshoots and revisions to the script.

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A report from Puck, which was cited by Rolling Stone and Billboard, suggested that the movie in its current iteration violated a legal agreement reached with Jordan Chandler, who accused Michael of molesting him.

Jordan reportedly came to an agreement with Michael‘s estate to never be referenced in any sort of project about the musician. He also received a $20 million settlement.

The outlet reported that the...

When it came to the bombing of Borderlands, among other late summer and fall releases, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer made no bones about emphasizing culpa nostra.

“On Borderlands, nearly everything that could go wrong did go wrong: it sat on the shelf for too long during the pandemic, and reshoots and rising interest rates took it outside the safety zone of our usual strict financial models,” the Lionsgate boss said during Thursday’s on today’s earnings call to discuss second-quarter 2024 earnings.

The $120 million feature adaptation of the famed video game starred Jack Black, Kevin Hart and, most glaring of all, two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett in a renegade action role. The movie grossed $15.4M domestic and close to $33M worldwide. Lionsgate mitigates risk on its movies by selling off foreign rights. Still, Borderlands, per sources, is expected to lose as much as $30M. It was a clear case of...

Exclusive: Lionsgate’s Antoine Fuqua directed Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, is moving out of next year’s Easter frame of April 18-20 and to Oct. 3, 2025. Universal is handling the overseas release of the movie which stars the King of Pop’s nephew, Jaafar Jackson, in the title role.

In addition, Lionsgate has dated the Aziz Ansari comedy, Good Fortune, for Oct. 17. The pic stars Keanu Reeves and Seth Rogen. In the movie, a well meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel (Reeves) meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker (Ansari) and a wealthy capitalist (Rogen). Lionsgate received great laughs for the pic’s first footage at last spring’s CinemaCon.

The Graham King produced Michael is now positioned in the awards corridor next year. Previously, King’s Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, opened on Nov. 2, 2018 to $51M stateside and went on to gross $216.4M stateside and $903.6M worldwide plus four Oscar wins.

Colman Domingo has been set to play the patriarch of the Jackson family, Joe Jackson, in the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic, ‘Michael.’

Having recently received his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his role as Bayard Rustin in ‘Rustin’ Domingo’s casting comes shortly after it was announced that Michael Jackson’s nephew and son of Jermaine Jackson, Jaafar, will take on the role of Michael during his early years as a child star.

‘Emancipation’ filmmaker, Antoine Fuqua will direct the movie. ‘Skyfall,’ ‘The Aviator’ and ‘Gladiator’ scribe John Logan will write the story, which promises a “never-before-told and in-depth portrayal of the complicated man who became the King of Pop.”

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The movie will bring audiences a riveting and honest portrayal of the brilliant yet complicated man who became the King of Pop. The film presents his...

Antoine Fuqua directing from screenplay by John Logan (The Aviator). Production scheduled to start this year.

Michael Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson has been cast as the leadin Jackson and will portray the legendary performer in the upcoming biopic for producer Graham King and Lionsgate.

The 26-year-old (pictured) is the second youngest son to Jermaine Jackson and nephew to Michael Jackson. Principal photography is scheduled to commence this year and the film is being produced by King and the co-executors of the Michael Jackson estate, John Branca and John McClain.

Antoine Fuqua directs from a screenplay by John Logan (The Aviator...

Michael Jackson is getting the biopic treatment. Lionsgate and director Antoine Fuqua are taking on the filmmaker’s life in a film titled Michael, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Graham King, a seasoned hand at biopics with the Oscar-winning Queen film Bohemian Rhapsody under his belt, is producing along with John Branca and John McClain, who are the co-executors of the Michael Jackson estate. John Logan, who penned Gladiator and The Aviator, wrote the script.

“The first films of my career were music videos, and I still feel that combining film and music are a deep part of who I am,” said Fuqua in a statement. “For me, there is no artist with the power, the charisma, and the sheer musical genius of Michael Jackson. I was influenced to make music videos by watching his work – the first Black artist to play in heavy rotation on MTV. His music and...

The Graham King produced Michael Jackson biopic project, which is being made with the blessing of the pop legend’s estate, is seeing its worldwide distribution rights snapped up by Lionsgate.

Deadline first told you about the project, penned by 3x Oscar nominee John Logan, back in November 2019. The project is still moving forward with Logan’s script.

The Departed Oscar winning producer King will produce with the co-executors of the Michael Jackson estate, John Branca and John McClain. King and Logan previously collaborated on Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator. Logan also wrote Ridley Scott’s Best Picture winner Gladiator.

Michael is set to be an in-depth portrayal of a complicated man who became the King of Pop. It will bring to life Jackson’s most iconic performances as it gives an informed insight into the entertainer’s artistic process and personal life.

Beamed Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chair Joe Drake said,...