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

Zizzistar said:
i find very hard to believe that someone who literally is financially responsible for creating this movie, and that would be the first in line to suffer the financial blow of said movie not doing good, would hoop on such a outrageously bad interview just to smear said movie and create bad PR around it.

i don't like branca but i mantain my case that some of this reads as heavily edited or manipulated. the journalist is a guilter after all.
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They will never publish the interview unedited because it would add context that undermine the narrative they are spreading.

They just chopped and screwed the interview and posted selective quotes (likely out of context) that help push their narrative and discarded everything else.
 
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kelley said:
They will never publish the interview unedited because it would add context that undermine the narrative they are spreading.

They just chopped and screwed the interview and posted selective quotes (likely out of context) that help push their narrative and discarded everything else.
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So true
 
Bring on the teaser/trailer i carnt wait! I am for once with Kelley with this when we see the stress etc portrayed by Jaafar(and im sure we will when lies are told about Michael) the audience will see how much it hurt him and effected him. I think this movie is going to be incredible! This movie will show the Michael we loved out of the lense and then the huge Superstar off and on the stage!
 
kelley said:
As usual the way Branca's interview was reported in here did not match what was actually said in the article. He actually did a fairly good job defending Michael for once. He even referred to the accusers as "extortionists" and "creeps"


Because he didn't. It is no where in either of those 2 screenshots.


It sounds scary until you keep reading.

He affirmed Michael's innocence and said the movie will tell Michael's story, and not the "creeps" who spread lies about him. To me that means that instead of them going on the defense and trying to convince people Michael was innocent, his innocence will be written into the script, so that we the audience will SEE he is innocent, not just told.

At least that's how I interpreted what he said. And if that's the case, I am very happy. Because the best way to debunk the allegations is to simply show what actually happened.

Branca also reaffirmed that the estate has no intentions to settle anything, which is Good news.




I need to point out some suspect things about this Financial Times article.

For one thing, if they talked to Branca directly why are they still referring to "sources"?

"According to people familiar with the matter, Universal considered exiting the project as an international distributor, so the estate is swallowing the entire cost of the reshoots......"

So in other words. BRANCA did not confirm this, nor did any actually named Universal representative. If he had, they would have said "according to Branca," But they did not. Nobody finds that odd? Why didn't they ask Branca directly about these reports?

Either they DID ask him, and didn't like his answer so they didn't print it and chose to continues spreading the negative rumors

OR

They didn't ask him, which is odd.

But we know one thing. Brance did NOT confirm any of these claims about universal almost exiting or the estate footing the bill for the reshoots, because if he did, they would have certainly referenced him as the source.

But instead it's once again attributed to an unnamed "source"

Please do not legitimize everything in that article just because Branca is quoted in it. That fact that they can't reference Branca as a source for these claims despite speaking to him directly should clue you in that the claim is NOT confirmed.
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So this twitter user claims the screenshots from Brancas FT interview were actually from an interview he did with Talauega brothers

https://twitter.com/x/status/1984735249448755580

Im confused. Are those screenshots from FT or something else? The link to the FT article brought up a pay wall for me, so no way to get clarification.
 
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Cherrelle
@ebonykiss93
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It's official! We are getting the "Michael" teaser during the previews of The Wicked sequel
Text overlay on a dark background reads about a multidecade project to restore Michael Jacksons public image. It mentions the film titled Michael as probably the highest-stakes release of 2026. Details include audiences seeing the first teaser before the Wicked sequel in theaters this November. References producer Branca ducking stressful calls on the 16th anniversary of Jacksons death during a visit to his opulent living room.





Keen Zhang
@mkgenie
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I have exchanged contact with the Universal representative, so I can only give out what she authorized. But, it’s happening!




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Keen Zhang

@mkgenie
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9h
Universal Pictures promoted its #MichaelJackson biopic to Chinese distributors, confirming Jaafar Jackson's over 90% accuracy in portraying his uncle and announcing the Chinese title as "Michael Jackson: The Journey of a Superstar," calling it "good things are worth waiting for."
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Annita said:
Keen Zhang reposted



Cherrelle
@ebonykiss93
·
8h


It's official! We are getting the "Michael" teaser during the previews of The Wicked sequel
Text overlay on a dark background reads about a multidecade project to restore Michael Jacksons public image. It mentions the film titled Michael as probably the highest-stakes release of 2026. Details include audiences seeing the first teaser before the Wicked sequel in theaters this November. References producer Branca ducking stressful calls on the 16th anniversary of Jacksons death during a visit to his opulent living room.





Keen Zhang
@mkgenie
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9h


I have exchanged contact with the Universal representative, so I can only give out what she authorized. But, it’s happening!




0LIjsPeF_mini.jpg


Keen Zhang

@mkgenie
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9h
Universal Pictures promoted its #MichaelJackson biopic to Chinese distributors, confirming Jaafar Jackson's over 90% accuracy in portraying his uncle and announcing the Chinese title as "Michael Jackson: The Journey of a Superstar," calling it "good things are worth waiting for."
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in the us only or worldwide ?
 
beltrano said:
in the us only or worldwide ?
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i see there is still a lot of confusion around this, let me explain: Michael's trailer will be attached with both Wicked 2 (Universal Pictures, responsible for the global release) and Now You See Me Now You Don't (a Lionsgate's movie, responsible for the biopic domestic release)
 
Zizzistar said:
i see there is still a lot of confusion around this, let me explain: Michael's trailer will be attached with both Wicked 2 (Universal Pictures, responsible for the global release) and Now You See Me Now You Don't (a Lionsgate's movie, responsible for the biopic domestic release)
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so november 14&november 21 in the us ?
 
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