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

Galactus123 said:
If they will show the drug use (pain medication) then they might show that as one of the causes.
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I think it will defo show that the use of pain medication and that it started from the pepsi incident and it will slowly spiral out of control as the movie goes on.

In the short trailer there was talk about him popping pills whilst sat at a piano.
 
Can't seem to post this in the normal way. :unsure:

Larenz Tate getting ready for work:

"A beautiful day begins with a beautiful mindset. Grateful to work on such an amazing project! Portraying the legendary Mr. Berry Gordy in the Michael Jackson Biopic is an honor and joy to say the least. Excited about this one!"

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From what we’ve heard and seen so far I don‘t think we should have any doubts regarding the looks, outfits, dancing and set designs. Those things will be spot on. My “concern” is regarding the acting and writing. I hope it will be compelling enough so we can say it is more than just a no substance good looking big budget film. I mean it should make people think, it should be more than pretty pictures and cinematography imo.
 
SmoothGangsta said:
Yeah, I think my biggest worry is that it'll have little substance
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It can't be a simple cradle to the grave Wikipedia by numbers movie. A lot of topics being covered but no emotional connection.

There will be an actual story , not just a biography. I think they will mainly focus on his relationship with his father, growing up and how he ended up the way he did.

It's important they don't cram too much in.
 
filmandmusic said:
From what we’ve heard and seen so far I don‘t think we should have any doubts regarding the looks, outfits, dancing and set designs. Those things will be spot on. My “concern” is regarding the acting and writing. I hope it will be compelling enough so we can say it is more than just a no substance good looking big budget film. I mean it should make people think, it should be more than pretty pictures and cinematography imo.
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I share your concerns, as I personally deem the writing/script & direction the most important parts for a movie to be good.

But maybe we can be somewhat relieved if we look at the personell involved.
Writer: John Logan (multiple acedemy/oscar nominations, also his body of work)
Producer: Graham King (body of work, multiple Oscar nominations & a win for BEST PICTURE)
Directory: Antoine Fuqua (great body of work & directed Denzel Washington in his Oscar win)

Additionaly:
The best movie pundit on YouTube (John Campea / The John Campea Show) saw the presentation at Cinemacon.
He doesn’t praise movies / trailers lightly.
And he also cautions judging a movie by only a trailer.
But he was head over heels by what he saw at the presentation. He even mentioned (paraphrasing) „looks like Oscar worthy type film“ by what was shown to them.
The film will be very long also, so they‘re taking their time. 2 1/2 to 3 hours I imagine.
 
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MJJuniorSinceMW said:
Additionaly:
The best movie pundit on YouTube (John Campea / The John Campea Show) saw the presentation at Cinemacon.
He doesn’t praise movies / trailers lightly.
And he also cautions judging a movie by only a trailer.
But he was head over heels by what he saw at the presentation. He even mentioned (paraphrasing) „looks like Oscar worthy type film“ by what was shown to them.
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I'd never heard of this guy but I like him! He's the only one I've seen who mentions Jaafar talking - most people just talk about his moves. This is the best review I've seen.

39m 25s - 43m for the 'Michael' discussion

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Universal And Lionsgate 2024 CinemaCon Presentations Recap And Report

John gives a full summary and recap of the highlights of the 2024 Warner Bros Presentation from Cinemacon.Subscribe to The John Campea Show Podcast:Spotifyht...
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Fuzball said:
You'll need to adjust the URL: change x.com to twitter.com


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It's super good to me to see Larenz repping for Berry. Tate is one of the best actors in the entire world and has been in some of the most phenomenal movies ever made....
Absolutely cream of the crop this guy, and then some. So he will not disappoint. We're about to make history guys..
 
zinniabooklover said:
I'd never heard of this guy but I like him! He's the only one I've seen who mentions Jaafar talking - most people just talk about his moves. This is the best review I've seen.

39m 25s - 43m for the 'Michael' discussion

www.youtube.com

Universal And Lionsgate 2024 CinemaCon Presentations Recap And Report

John gives a full summary and recap of the highlights of the 2024 Warner Bros Presentation from Cinemacon.Subscribe to The John Campea Show Podcast:Spotifyht...
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Phrases used by John Campea regarding the movie: „Fantastic“ - „Larger than live“ - „epic“ - „incredible“ …
It spans a lot of time & looks like an Oscar movie..

Regarding Jafaar: Looks like Michael, speaks like Michael, moves like Michael.

Mind you: John Campea is not an MJ hardcore fan as we are.
What brings me to my next point:
We all, as hardcores, should do all of ourselves, the movie itself & the people working on it a huge favor. Let the „hardcoring“ go for this one project.
It’s not important, that the hair is 100%, that each outfit is 100% and all that.
Much more important is, that it’s a good story & that the facts get out & the general public says afterwards „yep, this is believable, this is what happened“ and the truth about Michael comes out & people can fall in love with the guy once again without second guessing themselves over those horrendous FAKE allegations.
That’s a pretty big task in itself.
If it’s a mesmerizing, gripping & immersive story on top of that, I could (and we all should) care less, if some events or characters are melted together or a shirt has a different color or collar…
 
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8701girl said:
they should get kirsten stew wart ti play lmp
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Kristen Stewart has got the attitude and the cool edge, for sure. But I'd go for Riley Keough. Although I don't know if she's already on a project atm. Plus I don't know if she'd want to do it - maybe playing your own mother would be too weird. But she would probably be my pick.
 
Today is the last day of filming it seems.
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Billie Jean 78 said:
This sounds a little scary if you think about it... All they have is already done... Is it enough to make a monumental testimony of Michael's life?
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Did you mean the length of the shoot? 3 months is fairly standard. There will have been loads of scenes shot indoors that we haven't seen. It should be fine.

Post production usually goes on a lot longer.
 
I'm just a bit saddened that we haven't had any leaks of Bad era/TII era Jaafar honestly. God knows how long we're gonna have to wait until it's officially revealed for us to find out how he's gonna look. Hopefully it won't be too long until Lionsgate starts revealing more stills from the movie.
 
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SmoothCriminal1995 said:
The thing is they've probably filmed a lot on sound stages, especially when you think about the recreations of concerts and the short film sets as well.

There's not really a massive need for location shooting, it's not a Bond film
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Would a concert have been shot indoors as well?
 
I’d love for them to use the classical music mj was making in 2009 as the score for the film.

“Michael played the CD. It was very pretty music. He said, ‘But a section is missing.’ He played a second piece. And he said, ‘But a section is missing, too. But I can hum it to you.’ I sat at the piano and Michael hummed the missing part of one of the pieces. I had taken a little digital recorder with me and asked if I could record him. He was in perfect pitch. I tried to figure out chords to go with it as he hummed. He said, ‘Your instincts are totally right about the chords.’”

DMF about the music “I laid the music all out on my computer and started on the orchestrations. Finally, a week before Michael died, his manager, Frank Dileo, called and asked me for an email with the budget and an electronic mock-up of the music, the costs of orchestration.”
 
zinniabooklover said:
Jumping in bc, good question. J5 and Jacksons shows were in theatres so that's easy. Most of the Victory tour stuff I've seen has been indoors. Maybe they would just green screen the solo shows? They'll probably use CGI for the audience anyway bc it's cheaper. I mean, you really couldn't recruit 60,000 extras!

For indoors stuff I was just thinking of Hayvenhurst, recording studios, mtgs at the record company etc etc. Michael's live shows? That's harder to imagine. It was probably easy for the Elvis biopic bc his shows were indoors, afaik. I didn't see Bohemian Rhapsody. What did they do for the Live Aid scenes? :unsure:
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Found this quote online...

"Cameras were hoisted on cranes and throughout the audience of 2,000 extras, who were multiplied with CGI to replicate the 70,000 concertgoers who packed the stadium for the benefit."
 
knigofpop said:
Found this quote online...

"Cameras were hoisted on cranes and throughout the audience of 2,000 extras, who were multiplied with CGI to replicate the 70,000 concertgoers who packed the stadium for the benefit."
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Mystery solved!
 
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How ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Recreated 1985’s Live Aid

One of Queen’s biggest performances, at 1985's Live Aid, proved an equally enormous task to recreate for the movie 'Bohemian Rhapsody.'
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"Sigel and his team had one pre-shoot day to do all the aerial work for the crowd scenes and stadium wide shots, “using a combination of cranes and then CGI for the crowd shots,” he explains. “And then we shot for a whole week, recreating Queen’s performance, which everyone said was so tight and powerful [and] that they also stole the entire Live Aid show.”

All the actors sang live to pre-recorded tracks assembled by music supervisor Becky Bentham. “That way, we got all the correct facial movements, which you can’t really fake,” says Sigel. “We recorded live, and then in post, some of that got mixed with the original band recordings to create the final tracks.”
 
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