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

mj_frenzy said:
In that 'Michael' biopic, they will not document the child sexual abuse allegations against the singer, just like they did in the 'MJ: The Musical' Broadway production where they omitted that part of his life.

In that biopic, they will chronicle his musical journey through his classic songs and on-stage performances.

The only interesting thing in that biopic seems to be the portrayal of some aspects of the singer's creative process in the recording studio and while preparing for his on-stage performances.

In any case, a Michael Jackson biopic aims at the general public, rather than at his fans.

There is also a technical difficulty in any Michael Jackson biopic.

Any actor who tries to play him is going to emit a cartoonish feel due to the singer's complex personality which cannot be recreated and simplified on screen without looking slightly humorous and comical.
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You really gotta stop typing like you're a news source. We know basically nothing about the biopic.
 
Lord Szechenyi said:
Also, who will play him?

A black actor, a white one?

What about when he becomes white, will they whiteface a black actor?
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^^^ This.

Other than a lack of public interest, the number one reason they won’t go anywhere near a post-1984 era storyline is because casting would be too problematic. They could do what they’re doing on Broadway and use makeup to ever-so-slightly lighten a Black actor’s skin, but that won’t be feasible on film.

I also had doubts about the Broadway show, and it’s incredible, so maybe we’ll be proven wrong.
 
The right people are behind this, I have high hopes. Everything MJ post 2019 must be incredibly calculated so I hope they are taking their time with this and crafting something great.
 
Well remember that tv biopic where they just lightened a black actors skin. They will probably do the same thing or cast an actor with vitiligo. I think mj deserves a proper telling of his story. Hopefully it is done right.
 
Robbsaber01 said:
Well remember that tv biopic where they just lightened a black actors skin. They will probably do the same thing or cast an actor with vitiligo. I think mj deserves a proper telling of his story. Hopefully it is done right.
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And with how much things have advanced now they can use a mix of makeup and CGI and make it look convincing. Whatever they decide to do Michael MUST be played by a black actor.

On a side note that TV biopic is terrible and I don't recommend anyone watch it.
 
@Lord Szechenyi, note that Michael Jackson when he was still alive he made it clear that he hated the idea of having a white actor portray him on screen (he said that, for example, to Oprah Winfrey in 1993).

So, if the Estate follows the singer's wish, then they will bring a black actor to play him in that 'Michael' biopic.

In order to make that black actor later look white (in that biopic), they can easily apply on him heavy white makeup, face powder and additionally a lace front wig so as to match better the singer's later, white look and overall hairstyle.

@dam2040, this biopic is also authorized by his own mother Katherine Jackson, which means that everything that they will include about his personal life is going to be as balanced as possible.
 
mj_frenzy said:
@Lord Szechenyi, note that Michael Jackson when he was still alive he made it clear that he hated the idea of having a white actor portray him on screen (he said that, for example, to Oprah Winfrey in 1993.
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He never said anything about a white actor playing him as an adult though. In the Oprah interview, he said that it would be horrifying for a white actor to play him as a child, when his skin was indeed much darker.
 
mj_frenzy said:
@Lord Szechenyi, note that Michael Jackson when he was still alive he made it clear that he hated the idea of having a white actor portray him on screen (he said that, for example, to Oprah Winfrey in 1993).
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I'm aware, I posted that video earlier in the thread :D

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

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/michael-jackson-biopic-lionsgate-announced-1296360/ It's officially sanctioned by the estate & the Jackson family, and it's going to be co-produced by Graham King (AKA the producer of Bohemian Rhapsody who secured the rights to make an MJ biopic...
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analogue said:
And with how much things have advanced now they can use a mix of makeup and CGI and make it look convincing. Whatever they decide to do Michael MUST be played by a black actor.

On a side note that TV biopic is terrible and I don't recommend anyone watch it.
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Agreed. They could easily use the same deepfake tech recently used in Star wars if the actor doesnt look at all like MJ. Using a white actor would be wrong imo. Why not give an actor with vitiligo an opportunity? They would understand more than anyone what MJ was going through.
 
I have faith that the MJ ESTATE will make sure this is done right. I am extremely pleased with how they handled the MJ musical. I think that project is promoting Michael’s legacy in a very positive way. Hopefully, that will happen even more with the Biopic. 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏.
 
You can bet the Estate is NOT going to allow this Biopic to have a white actor or a black actor with “white powder” on his face. They will not allow it and neither will Michael’s GROWN CHILDREN. Some of you seem to forget that his GROWN CHILDREN will have a LOT of say so in this movie.His mother will have a lot to say about Michael’s earlier years and you can bet that Taj will have major decisions because he and his brothers were around Michael MORE THAN any other family member during the last 20-30 years of Michael’s life. Michael was the one who basically raised Taj and his 2 brothers after Tito and their mother Dee Dee divorced. After she died, they were with Michael all the time. They were the ones with Michael on tour, Michael was the one who helped them with their homework when they were younger. Most importantly, they were the ones around, during the time that the lying bastards, Wade and James, CLAIMED they were “@bused”. Taj and his brothers were there in PERSON to provide FACTS to debunk these lying extortionists’ false claims. Taj and his brothers will be invaluable to addressing the fake allegations in this movie. I am positive that all of the people that I mentioned- MJ Estate, Michael’s children, Taj and his brothers and Katherine will make sure Michael is portrayed in a fair and balanced manner, and that gives me hope and confidence that this movie will further solidify Michael’s unparalleled legacy.👍🏽🙏
 
Robbsaber01 said:
Agreed. They could easily use the same deepfake tech recently used in Star wars if the actor doesnt look at all like MJ. Using a white actor would be wrong imo. Why not give an actor with vitiligo an opportunity? They would understand more than anyone what MJ was going through.
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Actor with vitiligo would be great but its unlikely. It would limit their choices a lot if they started searching only for actors with vitiligo. They will probably use makeup to make the actor have white skin.
 
If the script is good and if the casting of Michael is right, this could be huge! Really excited for this movie!

First we need a good script, then experienced director, then perfect casting. The goal should be to cast a good actor instead of MJ lookalike. Biopic can have much bigger & wider impact than the doc. (I'm not saying that we don't need a good doc as well).

If I was in charge of this movie, I would start the movie with The Wiz and meeting with Quincy with just flashbacks to Jackson 5 and his childhood. Then I would cover, Off The Wall, Grammys snub, Thriller, Motown 25, MTV and breaking racial barriers, Pepsi accident, Victory Tour, buying the Beatles catalog, vitiligo, Bad and Bad Tour, Dangerous and Dangerous Tour, Superbowl, extortion attempt, scalp surgery and painkiller dependency, marriage to Lisa, HIStory and ending it with HIStory Tour and fatherhood. So 1978-1997 time frame.
 



This video is the Biopic and why this person, thinks it SHOULD be made. He also talks about Michael’s innocence and Dan Reed’s desperate attempts to sabotage movie.
 
This blogger talks about Michael’s innocence, the fake accusers, Dan Reed’s desperate attempts to sabotage the movie, and why HE( Andy) Wants the movie to be made. It’s a GREAT video and should be shared EVERYWHERE.
 
If I were able to make one decision about this, it would be 2 parts and the Pepsi accident would be the cliffhanger to part 1. Not only is that just a good place for a cliffhanger, but as some of you may know, the accident happens in the direct middle of his life, maths and everything. And I believe that the accident is when his life takes a drastic turning point.
 
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Well I would do a prequel to Michael's life. I want to know how Katherine and Joe grew up and got to know each other till the day they married and decided to have kids. The movie would then end with Katherine giving birth to Michael with his famous first words "heehee" after which he moonwalks out of the room. The end.
 
Hudson112 said:
If I were able to make one decision about this, it would be 2 parts and the Pepsi accident would be the cliffhanger to part 1. Not only is that just a good place for a cliffhanger, but as some of you may know, the accident happens in the direct middle of his life, maths and everything. And I believe that the accident is when his life takes a drastic turning point.
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Nobody can ever top THIS interpretation of the Pepsi accident…
 
AlwaysThere said:
This is a prime example of how MJ fans often live in a bubble. Anyone who acts as though Leaving Neverland didn't do significant damage to his reputation is lying to themselves. He's still a cherished and beloved figure, but compare the relatively light public criticism he received from 2009 to 2018 with what's been happening since 2019. There's no comparison. Making a biopic about sham allegations, as opposed to drawing further attention to his humanitarian work and artistic genius (which is, you know, the point of musical biopics), would be stupid, plain and simple.
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Other than the media, which is less trusted now more than ever, where is the public criticism coming from since the media firestorm immediately after LN? The fringe media? I think you vastly overestimate how many people care about LN. It will probably take some time for celebrities to be able to talk about him again, because people are paranoid not to step on landmines, but I think the fact that there are so many articles from befuddled and largely irrelevant media folk complaining MJ hasn't been cancelled is a pretty good indication things aren't as bad as you're letting on. They wouldn't be complaining if that was the case.
 
I hope the biopic is 100% factually accurate. As great as the Bohemian Rhapsody was for me, it wasn’t factually accurate at all times. For example, one of Queen’s biggest songs “We Will Rock You” was written and released in 1977. In the movie, it is shown as being written in 1980. These minor historical inaccuracies aren’t calamitous, but I don’t want the Michael biopic to depict Rock With You to be written in 1982 or something.
 
Nite Line said:
I hope the biopic is 100% factually accurate. As great as the Bohemian Rhapsody was for me, it wasn’t factually accurate at all times. For example, one of Queen’s biggest songs “We Will Rock You” was written and released in 1977. In the movie, it is shown as being written in 1980. These minor historical inaccuracies aren’t calamitous, but I don’t want the Michael biopic to depict Rock With You to be written in 1982 or something.
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I highly doubt it will be 100% accurate. In fact, I can’t think of any biopic that is 100% accurate. It can’t be. You can’t compress however many years into two hours and make it interesting, if it’s exactly the way it happened.

A movie is made to be entertaining, so they have to create a story which the viewer can, in a way, relate to or at the very least be emotionally invested in. So, you can’t prioritize facts in this case, since it isn’t a documentary.

For example, in Bohemian Rhapsody, the band performs at Live Aid after not having performed in front of an audience in years. This is far from being true because, in reality, they had just done a massive tour for their album The Works.
But here, I’m not bothered by the fact that it isn’t factually accurate because it makes for a much better ending to the story. They had to compress the years in order to show a decline of Freddie and subsequently a moment of glory.

Now, imagine if they had shown everything the way it had happened. The Live Aid thing wouldn’t seem nearly as spectacular because the band had been doing really well for years.

Of course, I'm not saying I want the movie to have tons and tons of inaccuracies. In fact, with Michael, it will be even harder, as a fan, to accept some of the timeline discrepancies, I'm sure. However, if they have to change some small things in order to make a two hour story that is interesting to the general public, then they should. Biopics are made for the general public anyway.
 
Following the announcement that a Michael Jackson Biopic is on its way, the casting has now started!

“Michael”​


Three-time Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Logan (“Skyfall,” “Gladiator”) is setting his sights on King of Pop Michael Jackson. His biographical drama “Michael” has been in the works for several years, and Lionsgate has acquired the rights to the film with the Jackson estate’s blessing. Producer Graham King, who previously worked with Logan on Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator,” is also on board. The film will chart Jackson’s meteoric rise to becoming one of the highest-selling artists of all time. (The musical legend’s personal life was also rife with controversy, in particular a string of child abuse allegations dating back to 1993.) The film is still in the development phase, and “Michael” is on the hunt for a director to guide the project. Casting director Kimberly Hardin is on board to assemble the cast—including its lead. Production is tentatively set to start in 2023 in an unnamed location.
 
zinniabooklover said:
The Elvis thing is getting rave previews over here in the UK. Be interesting to see what the actual reviews are like.
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filmandmusic said:
I’m very interested to see how the Elvis biopic will perform when it releases in a couple of days or weeks.
I view this as the most important MJ project since the “this is it” film. It needs to be perfect, anything less than perfect would be a missed opportunity.
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I was about to start a thread about Elvis biopic. It is making me nervous. I am seeing so many articles surface about Elvis everywhere. Most a good, but also some odd, borderline bad ones. It makes me nervous to think about how the media is going to react to Michael biopic when we get close to release. I don't claim to know a lot, but as far as I know Elvis and Michael were at par in popularity during heights of their respective careers. There are so many similarities between them, with one big difference that media was never brutal to Elvis the way it was to Michael.
 
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