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

Masonh said:
They will expand Invincible era
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I hope they get the facts surrounding Invincible right.
9/11 and Tommy Mottola are the main ingredients for this part of the story.
Were you expecting to go on a potential Invincible Tour?
Michael Durham Prince: We did the two shows in Madison Square Garden, and after the second show, we were riding in a van, to our hotel, with Brad and with Michael Bush. Michael Bush said, “Michael said that everybody should expect a phone call in the next two weeks because we’re going to go on tour.” We were all really excited to hear that because it meant a lot of work and joy, and Michael would go on a world tour again and take it to his fans. But what happened the next morning was 9/11… and everything changed. Michael would have probably gone to Europe first, but Europe seemed like the most dangerous place to be since we didn’t know who was responsible yet. So, we still kept hoping, but if you look back to early 2002, everybody artist canceled their world tours. Just like with COVID. There was still some touring going on in America but Michael liked touring the world. I don’t know if he was more popular in Europe but he thought, “Well, if I had a choice of touring in America or Europe, I would always pick Europe.” In America, to us, every city is the same. I mean, it’s a beautiful country, but to me, Europe is much more fascinating. Anyway, sadly that tour never happened.​
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Hot_Street said:
I hope they get the facts surrounding Invincible right.
9/11 and Tommy Mottola are the main ingredients for this part of the story.

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That information can't be confirmed or debunked unfortunarely. Remember what Michael said during Invincible era? He couldn't tour anymore and he didn't want to. That's what he said. So when I hear about Invincible Tour plans, I'm starting to laugh. I bet Michael never planned to promote Invincible with tours. He wanted to promote it with short films
 
I am now of the opinion that the Invincible album should go to court to clarify whether it is itself to blame for its fate or others.
 
I'm so tired of "traditional" biopics having a script that's just copy & pasted from the person's Wikipedia page. I want to see more non-linear structures that aren't afraid to jump around with the timeline and actually force the audience to pay attention.
 
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Saw that on Instagram - doesn't mean a lot, of course and I can't visit the website to verify (because I'm from Germany?!). But maaaybe it means it won't be delayed 🧐
 
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Saw that on Instagram - doesn't mean a lot, of course and I can't visit the website to verify (because I'm from Germany?!). But maaaybe it means it won't be delayed 🧐
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Movie is not going be out in 2025, right? Because they did not even released a teaser trailer
 
Zack44 said:
I'm so tired of "traditional" biopics having a script that's just copy & pasted from the person's Wikipedia page. I want to see more non-linear structures that aren't afraid to jump around with the timeline and actually force the audience to pay attention.
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I actually prefer chronological biopics, makes it feel more real, as if it were happening in real time to a real person and not just a story you're watching on a screen. I think the problem with those Wikipedia biopics is not so much that they are linear, but rather that they just go through the list of events without trying to put emotions in them and the scenes end up feeling empty. That's a problem regardless of if the scenes are in chronological order or in a different order. A non-linear biopic will still end up feeling like a Wikipedia article in disorder if they forget to add emotions.
 
as of this moment, a24’s The Smashing Machine and Michael are scheduled to come out on the same day. A trailer for The Smashing Machine came out today.
 
I doubt the biopic will release on October 3rd, movies like the biopic and The Smashing Machine would not release on the same day as that creates a competition between them. Granted some big movies release on the same day for the sole purpose of competing. It would be a horrible move for the biopic to release on the same day as another movie, they are better off having it release on a day without direct competition. It seems A24 put their release date as October 3rd after the reports of the delay, I think that is confirmation that studios and film execs know there will be changes to the release date of 'Michael'
 
I'm surprised that MJVibe is the only source so far that has confirmed that it's been delayed to 2026. Despite MJVibe being a reputable source and being able to confirm directly with the Estate and Sony that it won't be released in 2025 (last paragraph), I haven't seen MJVibe referenced anywhere else other than this forum thread, even among MJ social media.
 
Absolute Goon said:
I doubt the biopic will release on October 3rd, movies like the biopic and The Smashing Machine would not release on the same day as that creates a competition between them.
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I wouldn't consider a sports drama with 40M budget about a wrestler no one knows about outside the US as a competitor to a biopic with 200M budget about one of the most popular man ever lived. Usually every week there are at least 2-5 new movies at wide release. Rarely there are weekends with no new movies or only 1 of them. So October 2025 is still possible. We'll know it soon.
 
t1mber said:
I wouldn't consider a sports drama with 40M budget about a wrestler no one knows about outside the US as a competitor to a biopic with 200M budget about one of the most popular man ever lived. [...]
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I already had this convo with someone on the thread, lol. Tbf, they did have an explanation about how the industry decides when to release a film. I don't usually go to see films on the opening weekend so I never pay attention to which film is competing for which demographic but I can understand the argument. But your basic point is the same one I made and I haven't really changed my mind.

I like Mr JT's comment about Michael and competition. I like the idea of them releasing the film regardless of what the competition is on opening weekend - whichever year it comes out.
 
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