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The Official 'Michael' Bio-Pic Thread

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I think we had a similar experience, although I will say I loved it. I set my expectations really low because I just couldn't believe that someone would be able to capture Michael's energy and have it come through but Jaafar knocked it out of the park. It's the Jackson magic that he has, I guess. I think the mouth was one of the biggest things for me. He has the smile. Human Nature was also my favourite part, I thought I was going to lose it. I wish I had been able to see it with fans because other people don't get it.

I made the decision before I walked in the cinema that I was going to have no expectations and just accept that it wasn't going to be an "honest" portrayal of his life or deep insight into who he was as a person and what he went through, or how the people around him really treated him. I felt as a celebration of him it did a lot right. I tensed up when Bubbles showed up because I remember that was such a big part of humiliating him in the press, making it out to be a "weird" relationship and an indictment of him as just a weirdo celebrity. But it was humanizing, he came through as a person who just didn't have friends and who loved and connected with animals.

I was really overwhelmed after watching it and wished I had someone to talk to who would get it. My partners came with me and they enjoyed it but not at all in the same way. It was very intense for me.

Also, hi everyone! Like Alyssa the film brought me back for the first time in over a decade.
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So cool the movie brings fans back, ... welcome back to the fam ❣️
 
Hi MJJ Community. I just joined this site.

I think the movie was beautiful. Jafar Jackson did a wonderful job of bringing out Michael's essence. He was so pure and so connected to the rhythm of love and light. I wonder if all the love we have been feeling again this week has had an impact on the vibration of the planet. Michael's superpower is love.

Earth's Entire "Vibe" Just Shifted Overnight...
 
To all the new fans or new joins, welcome to what i consider the lifeline for Michaels fans/legacy! Gary just want to say i been here since 2003 and before that mjfc i thiink it was called. Never seen this Michaelmania again since he last was with us as in Michael or when he did History tour. Gary thanks for carrying on this place when so many others gave up!

The film missed lots of diffrrent things that hardcore fans would know but again this was not for us really! It was for everyone new old, people that loved J5 , that loved Michael as a boy, as a teen/then breaking out into a young man! It was about showing what Michael could offer to the world and boy has it achieved that! To give you an idea i know people that dont go the movies wait for streaming etc! But they had to go for this! So in essence this achieved what the family wanted! Dont forget family is exec producer i knew Prince would not allow anybody to put out crap and they didnt! What they did worked making some fans and non fans go twice or more to see this movie! I love and miss Michael so much he was just a nice person who was so miss understood and taken advantage of. One thing i will say is this film and im sure some upcoming docs now will show is that Legend but also that shy little boy who never had a childhood and loved goofing around, yes with kids! because they did not want anything other than love and pure fun without making him feel threatened which unfortunatly adults had!
We lost a legend but also a kind human being as that is all he was at the end of the day. *beatlesboy*
 
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Yes, I understand what you are saying. I just went in with the expectation that is impossible for any movie to depict the complexity of a person and all the significant points in their lives, especially because Michael was so out of this world. I just wanted to see the magic again. What a beautiful, bright light of a person he is.
 
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Hi MJJ Community. I just joined this site.

I think the movie was beautiful. Jafar Jackson did a wonderful job of bringing out Michael's essence. He was so pure and so connected to the rhythm of love and light. I wonder if all the love we have been feeling again this week has had an impact on the vibration of the planet. Michael's superpower is love.

Earth's Entire "Vibe" Just Shifted Overnight...
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"The planets are linin' up
We're bringin' brighter days
They're all in line waitin' for you
Can't you see?"
 
Was it a good thing that Tatum O’Neal didn't appear? On the one hand, a scene with her could have shown that MJ was shy and attracted to women, on the other hand, she was still very young at the time of the romance, which would have been grist for the mill of the haters.
 
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This is one of my favorites:
We're on a mission in the everlastin' light that shines
A revelation of the truth in chapters of our minds

(So long, bad times)
We're gonna shake it up and break it up
We're sharin' a light brighter than the sun...
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Michael the cosmologist? 😯🤩

Never looked at these lyrics from that song, really ...
 
Do you think we will get a directors cut?
I dont think so, very limited deleted scenes maybe on the bluray, the rest is saved for part 2.
 
Lately we've been learning more and more about scenes that were cut from the movie so I decided to make a separate thread in order to keep up with those (and for the people who wouldn't like to be spoiled in the main biopic thread). Someone on Twitter already made a thread of this but I'll be adding stuff that was left out and I'll be adding updates as more info comes along.

First off we'll begin with the image that started it all, Jaafar Jackson performing "Man In The Mirror" on the Dangerous Tour
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Siedah Garret shared a behind the scenes image of that performance which was quickly deleted, there we can see a frame of Jaafar wearing that same outfit
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Another of the first set leaks we got was of MJ and Katherine, accompanied by Bill Bray, going door to door preaching the word of Jehovah. We see Michael wearing that same outfit in the film when he and Katherine are watching Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times
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On March 26th, 2024 a scene was shot of what appears to be Off The Wall era Michael driving a car while accompanied by a woman
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On that same day we see that 'Toys R Us' was rebuilt for the movie. Although we see Michael at a toy store in the film it turns out that it's not 'Toys R Us'
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On April 10th, 2024 a teaser of "Michael" was shown at Cinemacon 2024, it's described to have scenes which were left out from the movie
The footage covers all of the iconic eras from Jackson’s career, starting with his humble beginnings in The Jackson 5 with the hit song ‘ABC’ playing in the background. We then see a montage that goes from the Jackson 5 performing on television to Michael Jackson in his ‘Thriller’ era. We see Michael’s iconic white socks and black shoes as he’s dancing while singing ‘Bad’. Fans will be excited to know Jaafar Jackson sounds just like his uncle, nailing all the vocal cadences, when delivering dialogue.

Michael Jackson is then shown, in the late stages of his career after one of his accidents, with visible pale skin, long curly hair, a black fedora, face mask, and sunglasses getting flanked by security. He’s walking towards a car while a crazy crowd of rabid fans and paparazzi scream to get a photo, with some people even jumping on his car to get a glimpse at him. Cut back to his youth when Michael’s mom tells him, as she’s wiping a tear off his face, “You were never like everyone else.” We then get a close-up of Michael’s fingers snapping, performing ‘Man in the Mirror’ to a massive concert crowd. We also get quick shots of a young Michael signing thriller records with his short hair and iconic red jacket.


Then there’s a glimpse of Michael with his face wrapped up in gauze on a stretcher being led into a hospital — assuming this is the big Pepsi commercial incident. The trailer directly confirms that this biopic will address “the controversy” of Jackson’s career. The next image is of Michael on a balcony, which could be the baby dangling incident. There’s a quick shot of Michael sitting at a piano and taking a pill. We see quick glimpses of Nia Long and Coleman Domingo as Michael’s parents in his youth. The trailer ends with a shot of Michael in the white shirt/black pants combo performing in front of hundreds of fans. Jaafar Jackson nails all of the dancing in the footage shown and is seen in various layers of makeup as the film traverses the different stages of Michael’s life.
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Someone claims that the scene of MJ taking pills at his piano is from the 'Invincible' era
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Later on we see that the Neverland Ranch was reconstructed for the biopic
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On April 25th, 2026 an image was shared of Jaafar Jackson at Neverland
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The Neverland Ranch Police Raid was recreated for the biopic, which would've been a central part of the movie
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On March 2024 a draft of the script was detailed by Matthew Belloni, confirming that the movie kicks off diving straight into the 1993 allegations
The Michael script opens with Jackson staring out from his Neverland bedroom as the police arrive to strip search him, part of the 1993 investigation into statements about Jackson’s anatomy made by Jordan Chandler, the 13-year-old boy whose molestation claim led to the first legal circus and an eventual $20 million settlement. The script then goes to great lengths to minimize and downplay the actual claims and eviscerate the Chandlers, including that infamous recorded phone call where Jordan’s father says his real goal is to destroy his ex-wife and Jackson’s career, and the well-being of his son is “irrelevant to me.”

There’s Branca (Miles Teller) and Johnnie Cochran discussing the claims as an “extortion” attempt. There’s also a lengthy and pretty grueling scene of Jackson actually being strip searched and photographed totally naked while surrounded by cops and lawyers. “This assault, this scorching trauma, will shake him to the core and never leave him,”

The script describes Jackson as “uniquely comfortable around kids,” and at one point, Branca says, “It’s not the kids I’m worried about, it’s the parents. He’s opening his door to tons of people we don’t know. And there’s a lot of greedy people in the world.” Later, Michael laments to his lawyers, “I tell the truth—and it doesn’t matter. I’ve been around kids my whole life, but now they’ve turned it into something ugly.”
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On January 24th, 2025 it was announced that the third act of the biopic had to be scrapped due to a legal issue.
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Later on it was also revealed they recorded 1 hour and 45 minutes of Jaafar's performances alone
Meanwhile, King is pushing hard to split the project into two movies. I’m told there’s about an hour and 45 minutes of performances alone starring Jaafar Jackson, Jackson’s nephew, and King thinks the footage and M.J.’s life story is sufficiently cinematic to justify a two-part big-screen, global event.
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On November 6th, 2025 the first teaser of the movie was finally revealed to the public, in it we can tell there are scenes that were either changed or didn't make the cut, such as Michael deciding the tracklist of the 'Thriller' album, and 'Man In The Mirror' being performed on the Bad Tour (only the 'Bad' song is seen being performed in the film)
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A performance of 'Heartbreak Hotel' was also cut from the movie, though the song is played during the credits
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During the first featurette we saw, where Antoine and Graham talk about finding Jaafar, at a certain moment on a monitor we see American Bandstand host Dick Clark, portrayed by Kevin Shinick, sitting in the crowd.
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On another featurette we see Jaafar wearing an outfit that's absent in the film
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On February 2026 Colman Domingo posted a set photo and in it we could see a collage of Jaafar/Juliano, we can see outfits from 'The Wiz', 'Come Together', 'Jam', 'Another Part Of Me', etc.
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Another thing that didn't make the cut was the rehearsal of Motown 25
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More scenes from Triumph were also cut
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Another scene that didn't make the cut
A particular scene, brilliantly played by Jaafar Jackson, Michael’s nephew, promises to deeply touch the hearts of fans. In this scene, Jaafar captures a side of the King of Pop that few know but that fans will instantly recognize. It is a time of vulnerability and authenticity that will allow viewers to identify with the true essence of Michael.”

In one of the scenes, “Michael is shown taking the time to admire the beauty of heaven and express gratitude for the little things of everyday life. Meanwhile, other people observe him as if he were an (alien), someone who has never experienced such ordinary moments.
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An alternate scene of MJ talking to La-Toya after his first plastic surgery which is described as being more emotional than the final cut
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On April 23th, 2026 Kat Graham (the actress of Diana Ross) revealed that her scenes had to be cut due to another legal issue, which meant scenes from 'The Wiz', 'Studio 54', and possibly others had to be pulled from the film
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After that photos from the behind the scenes of the 'Studio 54' scenes was shared
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Better look at the 'Another Part Of Me' outfit
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Another scene from 'Thriller' showing that parts of the clip were cut
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A view of the crowd from a scene of the Dangerous Tour. Interestingly enough you can see someone holding an image of the cover from the HIStory album
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More Triumph era scenes, in it you can see the titles "Sunset Driver", "PYT", "Kentucky", "Nymphette Lover", "Sold My Soul", "Paperthin", "Juliet's Dagger", and "Wanna Be Startin' Something"
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A behind the scenes photo of Colman Domingo as Joe Jackson in a steel mill work outfit. That outfit is absent in the final film.
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Antoine Fuqua confirms that the movie originally went up to 1995
DEADLINE: You have a third of footage that can go into the potential sequel?

FUQUA: Absolutely.

DEADLINE: Did you shoot through the end of his life? Or did you shoot up until “Remember the Time”?

FUQUA: We went pretty far. We went through the Jordan allegations we couldn’t use. We went farther than that. Maybe a year or two after that (1995) when things turned against Michael.
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'Michael' director Antoine Fuqua talks about the challenges in making the Michael Jackson biopic, the reshoots and an upcoming sequel.
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Behind the scenes video of 'Studio 54'
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A better look at the make-up tests
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Another look at Dangerous era Jaafar
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On April 29th, 2026 Lionsgate CEO shared a few details on the original movie and confirms that Part 2 is moving forward
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'Michael’s' Big Win, the Reshoot Drama, and Sequel Hurdles with Lionsgate’s Film Head

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- Even before legal issue, he knew that there COULD be a sequel, admits being a bit angry
- The notion of cramming it all into one film would’ve annoyed him
- Originally was 3.5 hours
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- A number of other studios got offered and declined Part 1
- Implies Branca wasn’t allowed on set - Rest of Bad will likely be in Part 2, as will the Super Bowl
- Confirms settlement CANNOT be included
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- In next couple of weeks, will sit down with Fuqua and King to decide a firm vision
- Fuqua and King will listen to the audience and fans about any criticisms of Part 1
- Filming begins this year or next year, Fuqua is very busy
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From reports like Michael Prince it always was until early 90ies.I hope they can expand that for a part 2 at least until history tour, then relatively brief scenes of invincible, msg, focus on family, and struggle after showing the trial details leading up to tii, with real footage at the end.
It seems there where a lot of scenes who could flesh out things a bit more in part 1.
I hope they can be repurposed for flashback scenes, for example studio sessions history and Michael thinking also about the good old times, flashback to older studio sessions).
I also think quite a lot of thriller was cut, including Michael eating Popcorn
 
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It looks like the first movie could have run like 3hours ( stopping at Bad. The MITM performance could well open the second movie).
While I could understand some scenes were cut because Diana Ross didn't want to be in the movie, It made no sense to cut the Motown 25 rehearsals and Heartbreak Hotel performance. I hope we could get at least a longer cut theatrically released.
 
The plan is surely now to do 3 movies.
The second movie will end with the accusations.
The third would be a Godfather 2 type, MJ facing his trial in the 2000's intersped with scenes from his youth.
That would be the only way to make It bankable and use those 70s/80s scenes shot.
 
I do think tehy are gonna make 3 movies in tital, just cause the alæegations and the 30s-40 and 50s of mikes life is really big and would needed to be RUSHED so mich if it should all fill in one movie. But im scared if they make 3, cause hoe the hell would someone be able to get through the this is it and his last part of his life?
 
How far should Part 2 go? Up to HIStory or up to the acquittal? Both would be like a happy ending.
In part 2 everything becomes harder and darker, the press becomes more unpleasant, the accusations increase, painkillers and narcotics are used more frequently and vitiligo worsens.
 
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It should be only 2 parts imo telling all of the remaining story if we really get part 2 in at least 3 hours. The risk is too high it will never get finished otherwise.
Once they know whats in part 2, release a directors cut of part 1 to cinemas shortly before we get 2 ( also as double feature).
I think they should go as far as they possibly can storywise
 
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