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

[Fuzball]

^it's called acting, Jafaar doesn't impersonate.

 

[Victorious]

^it's called acting, Jafaar doesn't impersonate.

Tomato tomato

 

[SmoothGangsta]

Tomato tomato

No, lol.

 

[8701girl]

Tomato tomato

 

[Victorious]

So Jafaar is an actor..?

 

[Fuzball]

So Jafaar is an actor..?

The biopic is his first acting job.

 

[Blues_Away2023]

I see over on reddit they are complaining that the Thriller jacket doesn't have the raised shoulders.

Many saying the MJ The Musical jacket looks way better. My question is surely a huge biopic backed by the estate and family can't get this wrong can they?

The amount of source material they could use for the jacket (including the originals and tour versions) you would expect it to be identical, right?

All the talk of post production is encouraging I guess.

 

[Victorious]

The biopic is his first acting job.

And it differs from impersonating MJ..? Anyway that's a pretty big production for a starting actor, his last name may have helped getting the part?

 

[Galactus123]

they better show the 00s and 90s!

I think the only things they might show from 2000s are the Invincible release and the trial.
Then it will skip very quickly to This Is It and we see him rehearsing Man in the Mirror and the movie ends.

 

[Galactus123]

Or maybe it ends with Michael rehearsing Earth Song because it was the last one.

 

[Lightbringer]

 

[Billie Jean 78]

I find it interesting that the only pictures we are getting from the recording are one where the resolution is awfully bad.
It´s without a doubt a marketing trick... Razzle dazzel them slowly, as Michael would have put it.

 

[Blues_Away2023]

I find it interesting that the only pictures we are getting from the recording are one where the resolution is awfully bad.
Itßs without a doubt a marketing trick... Razzle dazzel them slowly, as Michael would have put it.

Put that picture through the post production blender and we will see the closest looking thing to Michael.

The only official photograph that has been released is of the man in the mirror performance and that looks incredible. If the rest of the movie is as good or close to that there Will be no issues about Jaafar's appearance.

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[DuranDuran]

So Jafaar is an actor..?

Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, LL Cool J, Fresh Prince/Will Smith, Kid n Play, Madonna, Fat Boys, Mick Jagger, Prince, etc. were not originally actors but were cast in movies & TV shows. Ringo Starr, John Lennon, & Paul McCartney all acted in non Beatles movies and George Harrison produced or directed movies. The Rock, Hulk Hogan, & John Cena were wrestlers. Carl Weathers (best known as Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies) was a football player & Arnold Schwarzenegger was a bodybuilder. Christopher Reeve was unknown when cast as Superman. He only did a couple of TV guest parts before Superman, he had also done some stage plays.

umm whhy u showing ike and tina???? has nothing to do with mike

Because many actors in biopics don't look like the people they are portraying. Nobody in The Jacksons: An American Dream looked like any of the family either. Except maybe Jermaine Jackson Jr. who played his dad. Billy Dee Williams looks nothing like Berry Gordy either and Billy is taller. Angela Bassett played Tina Turner & Katherine Jackson, and also Malcolm X's wife Betty Shabazz. Angela doesn't look like any of them. Beyoncé doesn't look like Etta James, nor Madonna as Eva Perón or Will Smith as Muhammad Ali.

There is a rumor that Tina shot at Randy sometime in the 1980s. So there is a connection to Mike, lol. Tina also performed State Of Shock with Mick Jagger at Live Aid.

 

[Billie Jean 78]

Put that picture through the post production blender and we will see the closest looking thing to Michael.

The only official photograph that has been released is of the man in the mirror performance and that looks incredible. If the rest of the movie is as good or close to that there Will be no issues about Jaafar's appearance.

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What exactly can be done visually in post production? Do you have any example of before and after?

 

[Blues_Away2023]

What exactly can be done visually in post production? Do you have any example of before and after?

I'm no expert so can't say for sure but based on what we've seen from the official photograph and the leaked ones...there's a huge difference in quality.

The old Hollywood magic as they like to call it, some stuff can look goofy as hell during filming but the finished product looks way superior.

That 155 million budget has to be put somewhere.

 

[SmoothCriminal1995]

Yeah this needs some post production work, I don't know how to put it but it just doesn't have that magic. Jaafar as Michael or the Thriller look itself

 

[Lightbringer]

Yeah this needs some post production work, I don't know how to put it but it just doesn't have that magic. Jaafar as Michael or the Thriller look itself

That nose is massive, its too big.

 

[Albion]

Is anyone able to provide a list of the scenes we know have been shot? I think someone said Man In The Mirror from the Dangerous tour, a scene where Michael and his mother are door knocking for the Jehovahs Witnesses but I’m not sure what other scenes are known.

 

[ChanceToDance]

Is anyone able to provide a list of the scenes we know have been shot? I think someone said Man In The Mirror from the Dangerous tour, a scene where Michael and his mother are door knocking for the Jehovahs Witnesses but I’m not sure what other scenes are known.

This page recaps everything that has leaked from the set. https://michael-jackson.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_(film)

 

[Albion]

This page recaps everything that has leaked from the set. https://michael-jackson.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_(film)

This is perfect thank you

 

[MykelTheSuperfan]

That nose is massive, its too big.

They're probably gonna use CGI

 

[Galactus123]

They're probably gonna use CGI

Then Jafaar would have to have those dots on his face when filming.

 

[zinniabooklover]

Or maybe it ends with Michael rehearsing Earth Song because it was the last one.

Or ...

 

[1nn5]

why don't the Estate sign on loan the actress that was chosen by Madonna for her biopic !

 

[Mister_Jay_Tee]

After a certain point, Michael didn't even resemble Michael Jackson. It's really hard to imagine anyone capturing his uniqueness. But they're trying, that's the key.

 

[minnie.strawberry]

To the fans that complain (as always) about Jafaar not looking identical to MJ (as if that would ever be possible).... Should i remind you that the footage we have so far is pre-production??

 

[ChanceToDance]

 

[james283126]

They're probably gonna use CGI

Severely doubt it.. they wouldn’t have gone through the trouble of making prosthetic noses just to cover it with cgi. Also, just something I noticed but the eyebrows they’re going with in the Thriller reproduction seem to be more indicative of his razor thin brows from 84 as opposed to the ever so slightly thicker (albeit still pencil thin brows of 83). Now obviously I’m just nitpicking but still just thought it was interesting, then again it’s a very low res photo so hard to tell

 

[babygirl90]

I'm just gonna wait until they fix this shit before the movie comes out jaafar please don't fuk this up I hope the god please fix his hair