No but I thought they’d skip most of it for his Motown solo career. I expected the brothers to be there somewhere but more as background figures without any significant dialogue but it looks they will have a significant part in the film.
I was expecting a Jacksons biopic some years after ”Michael” especially since I heard the news about all 4 Beatles members getting an individual biopic
When you put it like that, that makes total sense. Unfortunately, bad news is stronger than good news. At least at first. Lies run sprints but the truth runs marathons.
I'm pretty sure the Fab 4 are more popular than the Jackson 5/Jacksons. The Beatles are for sure more written about and have more things based on them. Even movies based on their songs like Yesterday, All This And WWII, & Across The Universe. The Beatles compilation 1 us one of the biggest selling albums released in the 2000s and it had nothing new on it. That was actual CD sales, not streaming numbers like new releases today. The Beatles also had successful solo careers, even Ringo's earlier albums and his current All Starr Band tours. Even a lot of Michael Jackson fans don't pay much attention to the brothers records. Expecting the general public to do so is less likely.
Not everyone has seen that. I haven't. A big budget mainstream film is a whole different thing to a tv mini series. So many of the people on the production team for this biopic are Oscar winners or Oscar nominated. It doesn't guarantee success, of course, but it's a big deal.
I'm sure they will.
Exactly so. I wouldn't expect the J5 part to take up loads of time but it's inconceivable to me that it could be left out or skipped over in a couple of minutes. It can be dealt with fairly swiftly but it simply cannot be ignored, imo. In the US the first 4 singles went to No.1. That is massive especially for an African American singing group. They had a cartoon, they did prime time tv adverts. Jacksonmania was a real thing and it was global. Michael was on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. It doesn't matter how much anyone might hate RS and, yes, it's beyond annoying that only Michael was on the cover, not the brothers as a group. Fact is, RS did not write about teen singing groups and yet J5 got that big piece in 1971. Doesn't have to be in the film but, again, that was a big freakin' deal at the time.
they have alreday done that in the jacksons an Amercian dream it doesn't need to be repeated.
Of course they are more popular.
Thing is i dont think non fans will see it majority of them have their minds up bout michaelHardly anyone knows "an american dream". Some of you forget that this will be a movie for Non-Fans! We are not the target group. It will be good if Michael Biopoc tells the whole story. Not just 1979 til 2001 or so..
It didn't make much money either. Priscilla had a previous TV biopic in the 1980s. More music biopics are made for TV than movie theaters (New Edition, Aaliyah, Clark Sisters, The Osmonds, TLC, Bobby Brown, Michel'le, George Jones & Tammy Wynette, Boy George, Little Richard, The Monkees, Beach Boys, The Temptations, etc). With TV, it can be done in multiple parts. The New Edition Story was a 3 night 6 hour movie and Bobby Brown's was 2 nights 4 hours. Both had the same actors. 6 (or 10 for Bobby) hours would not have been done with a theatrical biopic. New Edition was originally going to do a theatrical movie, but the members later decided that would not have been enough time.
People are not going to watch music videos on TV when there's Youtube & TikTok. That's the reason MTV mostly stopped showing them and were replaced with reality TV shows. On regular (non-cable) TV in the 1980s, music videos were shown on Friday Night Videos, which came on once a week late at night.
How i wish that was possible
Him being casted as young MJ without someone else a bit older (between this actor and Jaafar) really gives you insight as to what periods they wont be capturing in the biopic.
I hadn't even considered that. Well spotted.
Jaafar is young enough to portray Jackson's Era MJ. Maybe not One Day in your Life but would you really need another person for that?
I wonder if it also means that they will skip over the pre-motown period... I would be a bit disappointed if they don't at least show how young Michael was when he started, losing his childhood because he was working day and night at such a young age.
Colman Domingo said he wants to find Joe Jackson's "humanity, heart and humor" in the biopic so they'll probably tone down on the abuse a bit and display it as an act of tough love. Maybe they'll show Joe hitting his children a few times but nothing overly violent.
They're probably not going to get into that. The group was originally the 3 oldest brothers, Mike & Marlon were added later. Jermaine was the lead singer in the 3 member group. If something is mentioned maybe The Falcons. The Falcons are indirectly why the J5 exists. Tito playing Papa Joe's guitar when he was gone.
That is not what he means by that.Colman Domingo said he wants to find Joe Jackson's "humanity, heart and humor" in the biopic so they'll probably tone down on the abuse a bit and display it as an act of tough love. Maybe they'll show Joe hitting his children a few times but nothing overly violent.
Colman Domingo Wants to Find Joe Jackson’s 'Humanity, Heart and Humor' in Michael Jackson Biopic (Exclusive)
The Oscar-nominated actor portrays the complicated Jackson family patriarch in 'Michael,' which is set to debut in theaters on April 18, 2025www.yahoo.com
I agree even a lot of fans believe that nonsense. When even fans believe slander about Michael who needs mj haters?
Not sure it has anything to do with conspiracy theories, Michael was a black man, those kids are completely white , Bigi looks slightly Hispanic.
Omg yes!!!!!! it shits me like no tomorrow
Michael said it once: blacks were called colored people, because they come in all colors. For example:
