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

Regardless of what is true or rumour - I'm pretty sure this film will fall into the "troubled production" category when all comes out in the wash.

As it's the MJ Estate, do not expect them to be forthcoming with regards to anything negative to do with the production later on.

It's clear things have not gone to plan at all.
 
Hmm, if they indeed are eying a two parter, wouldn't this narrative actually make sense? Heat up the momentum of the movie and the appetite of the public with his early, prior allegations, years' highlights, then if massively successful, make a second movie to fight those allegations.
 
it's not the fact that they had to redo the movie, that bothers me, as more the fact that they are unsure if this new project is good or not. I wish I was wrong but the way they are moving suggest that they are no longer that excited about it. last year they were giving away footages, leaks, an exclusive about the trailer etc, this year is.. nada.
 
Zizzistar said:
it's not the fact that they had to redo the movie, that bothers me, as more the fact that they are unsure if this new project is good or not. I wish I was wrong but the way they are moving suggest that they are no longer that excited about it. last year they were giving away footages, leaks, an exclusive about the trailer etc, this year is.. nada.
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I'm not sure anyone will work with the estate again.to overlook what they have in regards to chandler was so incompetent, we were told no stone unturned the good and the bad,the producers of this must be reeling if indeed this is all true
 
You must all have blinkers on! The many people who THINK! they know about this film probably at best have got snippets and then they try to piece it all together for what ? Click bait! Look at what has come out with regards Michael! First TII ! SUCCESS! then cirque shows ! Success, then Michael One show Success ! Last venture The Mj Musical massive Success! Wait and see because that's all we can do but for me to see Jaafar play Michael and in particular see his personal take on his Uncle with all his knowledge first hand how he was and hear him talk and act out certain events etc to show the real person will be eye opening and I think this is what will make this film huge! The director etc who are connected to this are not fools and I am sure we will see a side of Michael we have never saw. Even more than TII! Enough said!
 
xscape guy 2003 said:
You must all have blinkers on! The many people who THINK! they know about this film probably at best have got snippets and then they try to piece it all together for what ? Click bait! Look at what has come out with regards Michael! First TII ! SUCCESS! then cirque shows ! Success, then Michael One show Success ! Last venture The Mj Musical massive Success! Wait and see because that's all we can do but for me to see Jaafar play Michael and in particular see his personal take on his Uncle with all his knowledge first hand how he was and hear him talk and act out certain events etc to show the real person will be eye opening and I think this is what will make this film huge! The director etc who are connected to this are not fools and I am sure we will see a side of Michael we have never saw. Even more than TII! Enough said!
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Really hope your right, i want it to be huge im just so skeptical at this time, we all have our own thoughts ,I just feel my excitement slipping away.Maybe its all a tatic and we will indeed be getting something special🤞
 
These guys writing the script , directing the film and not forgetting the most important thing! Michael's music! Won't fail and I am reading all over Facebook that the Wicked follow up is getting already filled up just on the premise of the first showing of the Michael Teaser/Trailer!
 
This place sometimes now has more negativity in it than when I first joined. I know that was a long time ago and Michael was alive but you need to trust in the fact the estate definetly will not want to see this fail. I can see it now, critics might slag it off like the MJ Musical but the fans and anybody that liked any of Michael's music even if its only a tiny bit will be talking about this for years!
 
OK. So its massively rumoured and it seems logical given both from same studio! The first teaser will be shown before Wicked part 2!
 
xscape guy 2003 said:
This place sometimes now has more negativity in it than when I first joined. I know that was a long time ago and Michael was alive but you need to trust in the fact the estate definetly will not want to see this fail. I can see it now, critics might slag it off like the MJ Musical but the fans and anybody that liked any of Michael's music even if its only a tiny bit will be talking about this for years!
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i will never understand fans who have such a high opinion of the estate when they have proved multiple times through the years to be perfectly capable of botching rereleases, music videos, documentaries, stealing money... shit, the same estate that forgot about the 93 settlement while the movie was being shot??!?!
 
We can dismiss the latest rumours as simply that but so far , it seems that the majority of stuff that has been said is not too far from the truth.

From the delays to reshoots/ legal issues around the allegations, it’s all been true up to now it seems.

I have been so excited for this movie up until all this crap has started to come out. It will be absolute bomb and do nothing other than remind people of what a great artist he was.

It will not change public opinion of him. The world knows he was a brilliant entertainer and incredibly famous but also with a seedy and disturbing past that will not go away with this movie.

It’s criminal that a movie which was intended to really show the world the real Michael and face the allegations head on will be nothing more than a greatest hits montage in movie form.

Those that think this will break box office records are delusional.
 
Blues_Away2023 said:
It’s criminal that a movie which was intended to really show the world the real Michael and face the allegations head on will be nothing more than a greatest hits montage in movie form.

Those that think this will break box office records are delusional.
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I didn't ever think this movie was "intended to face the allegations head on." I think it was supposed just to do the former. Which I think it would be the correct thing to do. But I think the allegations should've been mentioned in some form or other, but not made the main issue. Sometimes I think people forget that the ones behind this movie are the executives of a big corporation who desperately want to make loads of easy money, and they are working with an estate that acts more like a big corporation which desperately wants to make loads of easy money too.
And I think just showing MJ was a real human being would do wonders to humanized him rather than to be preachy about the allegations.

About the box office, though, that is true. Michael has an insane pull with people to this day, even 15 years after he died. He's still one of the top sellers in the music industry. He's competing with the current artists for the charts. So it's insane always a given a MJ movie would do bonkers in the box office. But all this mess is hurting things like, really badly. The general public will not care about this, but it seems like the movie will be scaled back and the general public are gonna complain at the time of release.
 
Zizzistar said:
i will never understand fans who have such a high opinion of the estate when they have proved multiple times through the years to be perfectly capable of botching rereleases, music videos, documentaries, stealing money... shit, the same estate that forgot about the 93 settlement while the movie was being shot??!?!
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The estate that released fake songs and tried to shove those songs down our throats
 
I still wonder about the legal stuff. So is it possible that Michael and his Estate agreed with The Chandlers to never ever talk or create anything regarding the allegations?
 
The Chandlers have permanently damaged Michael's image for over three decades and it will continue to do so if reviews of the biopic criticize the fact that the allegations are not addressed. To the estate's credit, they at least tried and there is film material available. It should be easy to leak it intentionally.
 
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Victorious said:
I still wonder about the legal stuff. So is it possible that Michael and his Estate agreed with The Chandlers to never ever talk or create anything regarding the allegations?
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The estate didnt even exist when the settlement was made. Do you guys think before you say stuff like this?
 
Billie Jean 78 said:
Hmm, if they indeed are eying a two parter, wouldn't this narrative actually make sense? Heat up the momentum of the movie and the appetite of the public with his early, prior allegations, years' highlights, then if massively successful, make a second movie to fight those allegations.
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Agree. With the potential first film being the majority of ticket sales, they can tackle the "controversial" portion of his life in the second film; icing on the cake on their end.

EDIT: Missed the portion in the MJVibe article; this looks to be exactly their plan (hooray for integrity, Graham King). I considered this the best case scenario early on in the re-write rumors; so glad to see it could potentially be true:
Puck’s Matt Belloni, who, it must be said, has a reputation for leaning on rumor more than verified fact, recently reported that the final version of “Michael” now concludes with Michael Jackson’s meteoric rise to superstardom in the 1980s, stopping before the turbulence, controversy, and the Neverland years that defined much of his later life.

That’s despite the fact that Fuqua reportedly shot two full weeks of footage at Neverland Ranch which, if true, would be scrapped completely.

Producer Graham King, however, isn’t throwing in the towel. He’s already laying the groundwork for a potential follow-up film that would focus on Michael Jackson’s “King of Pop” years, provided, of course, that “Michael” performs well at the box office. The plan would be to reunite the core cast, including Jaafar Jackson (Michael’s nephew, who portrays the man himself), Colman Domingo, and Miles Teller, and continue the story from where the first film leaves off.

The sequel only moves forward if “Michael” becomes a hit when it opens next April. If it doesn’t, the unused footage, reportedly hours of it, will go straight to the vault. Given that the Estate has been footing much of the bill for this production, that would mean swallowing a major financial loss.
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