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

etoile 37 said:
What if they split the movie in two, but released both parts together? People would then be free to either watch both parts back to back with only a short break to go to the bathroom between movies if they prefer one long movie, or they could watch each part on separate days if 4 hours is too long for them. This way, they could also have a special bundle price for a ticket to see both parts, whether on the same day or separate days, to encourage people to watch both parts. What do you think? [...]
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The quote for the upcoming Beatles biopics is:

"The four films will be released "in proximity" to each other in April 2028, Mendes said, adding that Sony executive Tom Rothman described it as "the first bingeable theatrical experience."

If Lionsgate went for your suggestion they'd get there first.

EDIT - to be clear, I'm looking at this from a PR point of view. Something like this would get loads of attention (I mean, more than it's going to get, anyway, since it's Michael).
 
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etoile 37 said:
What if they split the movie in two, but released both parts together? People would then be free to either watch both parts back to back with only a short break to go to the bathroom between movies if they prefer one long movie, or they could watch each part on separate days if 4 hours is too long for them. This way, they could also have a special bundle price for a ticket to see both parts, whether on the same day or separate days, to encourage people to watch both parts. What do you think?


Oh I really love those titles! Give Branca a call! Or Graham! Or Fuqua! Jaafar! Somebody!
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It would seriously hurt sales of the movie by releasing them both together
 
John Campea said in a video that the reason for splitting it up would be due to overwhelming confidence since they believe they could hit 1.8 to 2 billion in revenue from both films and were very pleased with what they saw
 
Mister_Jay_Tee said:
MIght as well begin a useless debate

Why not just turn it into a TV series?
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Well, tbf, it wouldn't be the first time that's been mentioned on the thread. :ROFLMAO:

Personally, I thought @etoile 37 's suggestion about the cinema release was great. Sam Mendes has said he didn't want to do the Beatles' biopics as a tv series bc it didn't feel right. Nobody knows how the Beatles films are going to be released (all on the same day? the same weekend?) but Mendes has said, "... I'm excited to challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies ..."

If the Michael biopic is likely to end up as a two-parter I bet the production team are paying attention to the hoopla around the Beatles stuff. Doesn't mean they will release both films at the same time but I bet they are discussing that option from every angle even if they end up rejecting it.
 
NOTHING is confirmed.
MJVibe even states it at the end of their article.

The articles which MJvibe is citing also are from April 2nd. So they’re roughly two weeks late.

There’s NOTHING new.
And the announcement on the way moving forward, or on changing plans regarding the movie being split, or new release window(s) is still pending.

Also no new info on deadline/vanity/hollywood reporter..

So, keeping calm & waiting for the facts!
 
MJJuniorSinceMW said:
NOTHING is confirmed.
MJVibe even states it at the end of their article.

The articles which MJvibe is citing also are from April 2nd. So they’re roughly two weeks late.

There’s NOTHING new.
And the announcement on the way moving forward, or on changing plans regarding the movie being split, or new release window(s) is still pending.

Also no new info on deadline/vanity/hollywood reporter..

So, keeping calm & waiting for the facts!
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The 2-movie split is a toss-up (with three sources, seems pretty likely), but I think the 2026 date is all but confirmed since it's from the Estate and Sony:

"After multiple contacts with different sources within the Estate and Sony camps, we can confirm that the biopic will not be released on 2025. It is still not confirmed that the movie will be split in two."
 
CodaBroda said:
The 2-movie split is a toss-up (with three sources, seems pretty likely), but I think the 2026 date is all but confirmed since it's from the Estate and Sony:

"After multiple contacts with different sources within the Estate and Sony camps, we can confirm that the biopic will not be released on 2025. It is still not confirmed that the movie will be split in two."
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Now if they are still thinking about whether to split it or not... given that they obviously have enough material for at least 4 hours of movie, possible more, that would mean two normal sized movies or one giant epic movie marathon.
 
Didn’t Elvis get some sort of extended cut?

For all the noise on social media the commercials for that film didn’t actually turn out that great.

If they genuinely think 2 movies is a shot at 2 billion, they must be really really confident in what they have. And that excites the hell out of me.
 
Behind the scenes images has been spotted showcasing Jafaar as Michael, it depicts him in the Off the Wall era, various Thriller era events, the Bad photo shoot and the Jam performance at Bucharest 1992. So everything from birth to Dangerous is already shown to be in the film. People who think it will be two parts are delusional since there's 30 songs in the movie and not enough material from History to death to warrant another movie.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1912580930918629870
 
IhateTheMedia said:
People who think it will be two parts are delusional since there's 30 songs in the movie and not enough material from History to death to warrant another movie.
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There is much more material for the second movie than for the first one: Chandlers, 2 marriages, kids, health issues, Bashir, Arvizos, trial, hiatus, This Is It, death.
 
IhateTheMedia said:
Behind the scenes images has been spotted showcasing Jafaar as Michael, it depicts him in the Off the Wall era, various Thriller era events, the Bad photo shoot and the Jam performance at Bucharest 1992. So everything from birth to Dangerous is already shown to be in the film. People who think it will be two parts are delusional since there's 30 songs in the movie and not enough material from History to death to warrant another movie.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1912580930918629870
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What?? I'm trying to see a point in your post, but I'm failing to do so. Where has it been mentioned that in case of two movies all or most of the 30 songs would be played in the first movie??


t1mber said:
There is much more material for the second movie than for the first one: Chandlers, 2 marriages, kids, health issues, Bashir, Arvizos, trial, hiatus, This Is It, death.
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Exactly!! All of this. Deal with the allegations properly in the 2nd movie and all is good. Of course there is plenty of space for Dangerous, HIStory and Invincible too, some of which can be tied to the media frenzy around the alegations too (Scream, Privacy, Tabloid Junkie, ...).
 
Billie Jean 78 said:
What?? I'm trying to see a point in your post, but I'm failing to do so. Where has it been mentioned that in case of two movies all or most of the 30 songs would be played in the first movie??



Exactly!! All of this. Deal with the allegations properly in the 2nd movie and all is good. Of course there is plenty of space for Dangerous, HIStory and Invincible too, some of which can be tied to the media frenzy around the alegations too (Scream, Privacy, Tabloid Junkie, ...).
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They already shot the 1993 allegations and Dangerous. The point is we know they are covering everything up to his death according to the director but contradictory reports claim it's two parts. However scenes have already been shot about the Neverland raids and strip searches in 1993-1994, remember? We saw pictures of this last year when they also restored Neverland. So a part two would only cover History, Invincible, This is It.

I'm saying since they have in fact shot scenes for the Dangerous period, that will be in the movie. We have not yet seen scenes from the History era, but there's not enough material strictly from the period of 1996-2009 to have another two 1/2 hour movie and 15 more songs if everything from Off the Wall - Dangerous is covered already
 
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