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

zinniabooklover said:
Indeed! I've pressed pause on my CD player, bookmarked the various books I'm in the middle of, sidelined plans to learn how to make an origami lotus flower and my urge to learn more about bees has more or less fizzled out.

I have a nice cup of tea. I can wait ... :ROFLMAO:
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Hilarious! Also, you still have a CD Player? That's soooooo ancient! Lol. Btw, I'm teasing...😂😘
 
As expected, it's likely being delayed to 2026 and they have 3 and a half hours of footage. https://variety.com/2025/film/news/michael-jackson-biopic-pushed-2026-1236407335/
“In regard to our Michael Jackson biopic, we’re excited about the 3½ hours of amazing footage from producer Graham King and director Antoine Fuqua, and we will be announcing a definitive release strategy & timing in the next few weeks,” he said. “I would note that it is likely we will move ‘Michael’ out of the fiscal year which will impact fiscal ’26 financial results but will bolster an already strong fiscal ’27 slate.”
 
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ChanceToDance said:
As expected, it's likely being delayed to 2026 and they have 3 and a half hours of footage. https://variety.com/2025/film/news/michael-jackson-biopic-pushed-2026-1236407335/
“In regard to our Michael Jackson biopic, we’re excited about the 3½ hours of amazing footage from producer Graham King and director Antoine Fuqua, and we will be announcing a definitive release strategy & timing in the next few weeks,” he said. “I would note that it is likely we will move ‘Michael’ out of the fiscal year which will impact fiscal ’26 financial results but will bolster an already strong fiscal ’27 slate.”
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Fiscal 2027 means end of April 2026. So this means Summer Blockbuster
 
2026 is probably the worst year it could have been released if it’s seriously looking to make mega bucks.

There are a lot of massive movies coming out next year including a new Avengers film and other blockbusters.
 
Fans being negative and pessimistic certainly won't give lions gate confidence to release the film.....And thats probably exactly what the media wants and why they keep releasing negative articles,
 
Imagine it’s getting delayed not because they wanna get everything right, but because Lionsgate doesn’t care about prioritizing the movie, for some reason…
 
Ps a Janet movie would flop , not a good ideal at all unless it was maybe a small Netflix type movie
 
Idc no more. Just remaster visions in 4k! Between this & gta6.... im sick of em!
 
As a fan It’s frustrating, but if that’s what it takes to get it right -they only have one opportunity to do this- then fair enough. Between the re-shoots and having to reorganise the script because of having to remove certain material that was liable, it probably has set them back a bit. April is a farther six months away again. If it’s pushed farther again after that, then it’ll just begin to feel a little annoying.

And what does this mean for a teaser or trailer? More months of waiting again?

Why does my normal day to day life fly by at a hundred miles an hour, yet waiting for Michael feels like a hundred years per month?
 
Avengers Doomsday delayed until the end of 2026. Michael now has no competition for a Summer release and another movie in October if they want it
 
dam2040 said:
What’s the hold up?!
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From that article that @ChanceToDance posted, this was the bit that jumped out at me:

"While “Michael” was a major part of last year’s Lionsgate CinemaCon presentation, no footage from the project was shown during this year’s outing. The film, produced by “Bohemian Rhapsody’s” Graham King, wrapped principal photography in May 2024, but John Logan’s script is in the process of being revised in advance of reshoots."

How long could the script re-write take? Is Colman Domingo needed for the re-shoots? If so, has he finished filming Euphoria (they started back in February, iirc)? Do they need to pull other actors out of other projects? :unsure:

someplace_else said:
How about we all just roll some dices or look at tarot cards and then check what the majority outcome is? 🫠
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Also, tea leaves, lol. There's a lot of tea drinking going on! :ROFLMAO:
 
kai said:
so estate announced the first trailer in december? that would mean we can expect to see the first trailer in november 2025 after the movie itself was delayed 1, 5 years :) yeahhhhhhh excitement!!! best estate ever
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let's see if i am right with my prediction from Oct 9 2024 ! xD
 
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variety.com

Michael Jackson Biopic ‘Likely’ to Move to 2026

Antoine Fuqua's Michael Jackson biopic will likely be pushed to 2026, according to Lionsgate's CEO.
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I wait forever
Wasn't it I who said that you are free?
When waiting seems so hard to be
And things would hurt you
I wait forever
I wait forever
We wait forever
We wait forever
 
The media is now claiming that Michael Part I will end before Thriller allegedly with Bubbles in the movie, however Michael left the Jackson 5 after the Victory Tour and adopted Bubbles after the release of Thriller. They lie so ****** much even if there's some truth in these reports the entire thing is uncredible.
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