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"Michael", a biopic about Michael Jackson, is officially happening.

dethorro said:
Kind of. But Thriller could hit number 1 at some point for Halloween, in the same way Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas did in December 2019.

Also, if some artist with a huge fan base like Drake would do a feature and they released it as a lead single, it could also work out.
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Those are the exceptions yeah. I'm talking off the success of the film. It's a real long shot is the key.
 
The Bob Marley biopic only got around 150 million at the box office. I expected much bigger numbers for a legend of his stature. Maybe we have to keep our expectations regarding the box office for Michael in check. It will probably end up around the 200 million mark comparable to Elton John’s rocketman.

The numbers aren’t bad but I did expect something closer to 500 million. I also didn’t expect Dune 2 to turn into a box office hit so that movie likely took some steam from One love. Next up is the Amy Whinehouse biopic.
 
filmandmusic said:
The Bob Marley biopic only got around 150 million at the box office. I expected much bigger numbers for a legend of his stature. Maybe we have to keep our expectations regarding the box office for Michael in check. It will probably end up around the 200 million mark comparable to Elton John’s rocketman.

The numbers aren’t bad but I did expect something closer to 500 million. I also didn’t expect Dune 2 to turn into a box office hit so that movie likely took some steam from One love. Next up is the Amy Whinehouse biopic.
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Music biopics in general don't make huge amounts of money. The Queen movie was a fluke. Besides the recent Oppenheimer, no other biopic of any type (music or not) made close to it. Before the Queen movie, the highest grossing music biopic was Straight Outta Compton about hip hop group N.W.A., which has made $201,634,991 worldwide. Going by that, then the Bob Marley movie did fairly well, especially since today very few non-IP movies make much money in theaters. Unless you count Chinese made movies in China. I think the 2022 Elvis Presley movie has passed up the N.W.A. one for 2nd place, but movie tickets cost more now than in 2015.
 
DuranDuran said:
Music biopics in general don't make huge amounts of money. The Queen movie was a fluke. Besides the recent Oppenheimer, no other biopic of any type (music or not) made close to it. Before the Queen movie, the highest grossing music biopic was Straight Outta Compton about hip hop group N.W.A., which has made $201,634,991 worldwide. Going by that, then the Bob Marley movie did fairly well, especially since today very few non-IP movies make much money in theaters. Unless you count Chinese made movies in China. I think the 2022 Elvis Presley movie has passed up the N.W.A. one for 2nd place, but movie tickets cost more now than in 2015.
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Yep these are the more successful ones out there. Hopefully Michael gets up there with Elvis. Also look out for the upcoming Beatles Biopics

1 Bohemian Rhapsody
2 Elvis
3 Straight Outta Compton
4 Rocketman
5 Walk The Line
6 One Love
7 Ray
 
filmandmusic said:
Yep these are the more successful ones out there. Hopefully Michael gets up there with Elvis. Also look out for the upcoming Beatles Biopics

1 Bohemian Rhapsody
2 Elvis
3 Straight Outta Compton
4 Rocketman
5 Walk The Line
6 One Love
7 Ray
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All of these movies came out in the 2000s. But there's many music biopics released in theaters before this century. A lot more music biopics are made for TV though, where box office gross isn't important and they can be made longer.
 
A survey for the biopic stated that 56% of Americans wanted to see a Michael Jackson biopic, with nearly 80% for Gen Z saying they were interested. On survey's generating pre-film interest for blockbusters, on average 45-48% of the people who said they were interested end up buying a ticket to see it. So this is really good for the movie
 
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Film is not my jam, don't know who she is, went to check her out.

"Harrier, of “BlacKkKlansman” and “Spider-Man: Homecoming” fame, will portray pioneering female music executive Suzanne de Passe in the Lionsgate project.

Harrier is a Screen Actors Guild award nominee for her work in Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” and also appeared in the Ryan Murphy Netflix original series “Hollywood.” She most recently starred opposite Jack Harlow in an update of the comedy classic “White Men Can’t Jump.”

variety.com

Michael Jackson Biopic Adds Laura Harrier as Pioneering Music Exec Suzanne de Passe (EXCLUSIVE)

"BlacKkKlansman" star Laura Harrier has joined "Michael," the Michael Jackson biopic, as pioneering female music exec Suzanne de Passe.
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So how are we feeling about the possibility of this film ending rather early and not covering his later years. Casting for people who entered his life later has not been announced at all so far. Unless I'm wrong and have missed it?
 
SmoothGangsta said:
So how are we feeling about the possibility of this film ending rather early and not covering his later years. Casting for people who entered his life later has not been announced at all so far. Unless I'm wrong and have missed it?
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theres been a leak of a pic of jafarr as mature mike on facebook
 
Laura Harrier looks a little bit like Paula Patton especially when she smiles. Seems like good casting. Given Harrier's casting, I'm standing by this prediction from a few months back
SmoothCriminal1995 said:
I'd be really glad if it's included. It's probably the best Jacksons song and it's probably the best bridge between The Jacksons and Michael's solo career

As for Damien's comments, I wouldn't be surprised if the biopic is mostly 70's to early 90's, the reason being Jaafar doesn't resemble his uncle in the 90's as he's like 15-20 years younger.
I can see the biopic ending on the Superbowl
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SmoothGangsta said:
[...] Unless I'm wrong and have missed it?
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No, I don't think you have. Production is obviously in full swing so I think they're just pacing themselves with the cast revelations to keep the anticipation going. If they're filming Suzanne then presumably they already have Berry Gordy cast. There are so many other people from Michael's life who could potentially be in the film.
 
SmoothGangsta said:
So how are we feeling about the possibility of this film ending rather early and not covering his later years. Casting for people who entered his life later has not been announced at all so far. Unless I'm wrong and have missed it?
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They can easily cover the events of the later years even if they don't cast a single soul to portray it. Making a narrative doesn't require us watching someone play as MJ the whole way through.
 
The music should definitely dictate the narrative as a matter of fact. They could make montages of whole eras using just one or two songs apiece; that's 3 hours easy.
 
I can easily see the poster as being mature m :cool: . Anyone else?
 
Not looking forward to it unless they are willing to not pander, and show the flaws with the genius.
 
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