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

IhateTheMedia said:
This is total BS and i don't trust that source Friedman.
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Good to know that Friedman is not a good source either.

My hope is knowing John Logan and Fuqua are in this. Can’t see them really involved in this project if they can’t really dig into what is core in Michael’s story (unfortunately), the allegations. That completely changed his life and should be in the movie.

But based on that PEOPLE article, someone in production confirmed there will be reshoots in March. I wonder what they are going to shoot.
 
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(( But concerning this very thread !!! ))

I don't get it. We have an MJ-Biopic coming, a massive hollywood production, backed by major studios & AAA+++ listers from the movie business.

This will be single handedly the BIGGEST - news producing - event since Michael's passing. And there won't be another comparable event in the MJ cosmos after it.

In this forum called "News & Discussion" we have countless threads concerning a 24 year old album release, concerning different unreleased tracks, concerning leaks and every other insignificant little thing in between, like such elaborate things like:
- "how MJ smelled?"
- "what MJ ate"
- "since when did MJ wear wigs?"
- "where the This Is It-costumes tacky?"
- "when MJ called x person?"
- "Steve Lukather talks about recording Beat It guitar riff"
- "Was Michael Jackson a "Good billionaire"?"

BUT BUT BUT.. The MJ biopic "MICHAEL", a major theme & news topic, which could spawn news from all different kinds, like hollywood gossip, production news, each & every official news snippet, promotional steps, campaigns, the future release of the first movie poster, a teaser release & different trailer releases, news about actors, etc. etc. ...

ALL MUST be cramped into ONE THREAD ????

I don't get it!!! It's nonsense & it's ridiculous!

@ Mods: Do something ABOUT IT !!!!

There should be different threads regarding this once in a lifetime event for the MJ fanbase. There probably should be a whole under category of a forum for the topic "MICHAEL - the movie" !!!

But how this is handled at the moment. With one thread, where every major & every little tidbit piece is thrown together in ONE thread? It's laughable! What when the soundtrack get's announced? "Well, throw it in the - A Biopic is officially happening -thread!" . And if there are different previously unreleased songs coming with the soundtrack, discuss every single one of them IN THIS VERY THREAD, the "A Biopic is officially happening - thread!" Yeah? Good, now move along... !

"A biopic is happening" was already old news in 2023. We've moved on from that stage. It's 2025. There were many other significant news topics regarding that movie already, many of them would have justified a new and dedicated thread.


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Blues_Away2023 said:
middle of the road biopic ending before even a hint of the first allegations is suicide. That Friedman article is even worse and makes it sound like An American Dream extended version , how boring.

I remember when he was among the worst MJ haters and would be constantly writing negative things about Michael….it’s weird seeing him almost pro MJ these days
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Yeah my biggest worry about this has been that it will be unremarkable and standard. I just don't see this stuff being true at all though lol.
 
MJJuniorSinceMW said:
There should be different threads regarding this once in a lifetime event for the MJ fanbase. There probably should be a whole under category of a forum for the topic "MICHAEL - the movie" !!!
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2025 new album/compilation/OST

It's obvious there'll be some kind of new music with the release of the biopic next year. Be it a brand new album, some kind of GH compilation with just a few new songs/demos or simply a plain soundtrack album to the movie. Put in here your expectations, predictions or whatsoever in regard of...
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What songs should be in the biopic?

I think apart from some obvious choices that I'm not gonna name I think it needs autobiographical songs or songs that just fit Michael's persona like a glove. I'm thinking about Music and me, with a child's heart and childhood. I also would like seeing purely magical songs like someone in the...
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singles Michael soundtrack

The album spawned five singles: "Vegas", "Trouble", "The King and I", "If I Can Dream", and "Tupelo Shuffle".[3][4] A deluxe edition of the album that consisted unheard recordings of Butler, featured in the film was released on March 10, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_(soundtrack)...
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unreleased songs in the biopic

Prince Jackson in the MJ Las Vegas Event, stated that they are looking over unreleased music for the movie. And based on other previous Biopics there is always a soundtrack that is featured including rare or unreleased material. Which ones? Let's tell them!
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I don’t believe this. MJ’s estate forgot they signed a deal with the Chandlers? The estate is made up of lawyers! Jordan has been living under a rock since 1993, so even if, for some reason, there were issues with certain scenes, I doubt he would suddenly creep out and sue the estate. BTW: TMZ also just posted about it, but we know how the tabloids work.
 
Jordan Chandler's silence must come to an end. He should realize that he is not making the same mistake as his father, whom he despises, and further damaging Michael's image.
 
The press fact-checking of news about Michael Jackson is the worst possible thing. I don't think this happens to any public person in the same way. One article and everyone adopts it without questioning it. In his last article, Friedmann also took the script he supposedly read as fact, even though he should know better. He sat with Branca and Graham at the premiere musical, who explained to him that the biopic doesn't ignore the accusations.
 
bluemoon7 said:
What happened? :eek:
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I'm not up-to-date on the thread but I've noticed there's all kinds of noise about an article by Matthew Belloni and another one by Roger Friedman. I haven't read either one in full and don't want to post them but I'm guessing they are probably upthread somewhere. Basically, it is alleged that the film cannot proceed bc there is a legal stipulation that the Chandlers cannot be depicted in any film about Michael's life. As far as I can understand it, the issue isn't that the producers didn't know about the 1994 settlement (of course they did!) but that they 'forgot' about this specific clause.

I'm not even going to do a deep dive into this. I'll see if it blows itself out. I still think it could just be someone stirring the pot to make trouble.
 
zinniabooklover said:
I'm not up-to-date on the thread but I've noticed there's all kinds of noise about an article by Matthew Belloni and another one by Roger Friedman. I haven't read either one in full and don't want to post them but I'm guessing they are probably upthread somewhere. Basically, it is alleged that the film cannot proceed bc there is a legal stipulation that the Chandlers cannot be depicted in any film about Michael's life. As far as I can understand it, the issue isn't that the producers didn't know about the 1994 settlement (of course they did!) but that they 'forgot' about this specific clause.

I'm not even going to do a deep dive into this. I'll see if it blows itself out. I still think it could just be someone stirring the pot to make trouble.
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Thank you, @zinniabooklover

Ok, that does sound like "much ado about nothing"! 😅
 
Hot_Street said:
Jordan Chandler's silence must come to an end. He should realize that he is not making the same mistake as his father, whom he despises, and further damaging Michael's image.
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Wouldn't it be awesome if Jordan Chandler actually came out and reached out to the estate, telling them the truth? And that’s the real reason they’re reshooting! What a dream scenario!
 
zinniabooklover said:
I'm not up-to-date on the thread but I've noticed there's all kinds of noise about an article by Matthew Belloni and another one by Roger Friedman. I haven't read either one in full and don't want to post them but I'm guessing they are probably upthread somewhere. Basically, it is alleged that the film cannot proceed bc there is a legal stipulation that the Chandlers cannot be depicted in any film about Michael's life. As far as I can understand it, the issue isn't that the producers didn't know about the 1994 settlement (of course they did!) but that they 'forgot' about this specific clause.

I'm not even going to do a deep dive into this. I'll see if it blows itself out. I still think it could just be someone stirring the pot to make trouble.
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Exactly! I also think this is the reason the estate is ignoring this - it's the right move, for now at least imo.
 
I believe the "news" of reshooting the 1993 is true, giving the fact the date was postponed I think the Estate had some doubt about the legality of the script's content about the case according to the arrangement of 1993.
 
Hot_Street said:
Without the Chandlers, a biopic makes no sense. If the part is missing, the estate can leave the film in the drawer. As much as the name Michael Jackson is electrifying because it is associated with incomparable art, the accusations still cling to the name.
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Hmm I see it the other way around: invoving The Chandlers in any way is asking for (legal) problems, imo the allegations can be touched upon perfectly well without mentiong anyone by name or even hinting at one of the accusers
 
Even the articles themselves are saying it's only a rumor. PEOPLE quotes a source that says these headlines are false and Inflammatory. Just don't believe it.

And yet, no matter how many times the guy made songs about the system, the press, about being manipulated, so many fans just come right along and think "Oh no! I have to believe this!"

We're doomed as a society, in the hands of man. They would destroy us all, as profit. And we wouldn't even seem to get it.
 
Mister_Jay_Tee said:
Even the articles themselves are saying it's only a rumor. PEOPLE quotes a source that says these headlines are false and Inflammatory. Just don't believe it.

And yet, no matter how many times the guy made songs about the system, the press, about being manipulated, so many fans just come right along and think "Oh no! I have to believe this!"

We're doomed as a society, in the hands of man. They would destroy us all, as profit. And we wouldn't even seem to get it.
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I'm not sure if i believe anything about it, it's still nice speculating about the subject though :)
 
SmoothCriminal1995 said:
Regardless of the reasonings behind the reshoots, the fact they are happening almost 12 months on from the filming finishing (May 2024 wasn't it?) Is somewhat concerning.
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Agreed.

Filming was done by the end of May. Sure, re-shoots are normal but do they typically happen this late in the day? I would have thought not. With an original release date of April 2025, surely any re-shoots would have been done last year? So the bit I do, sort of, believe is a partial re-write of the script - which, of course, raises the question of why it's needed. I still think it's possible someone is just stirring up trouble but it's also confusing!

SmoothCriminal1995 said:
Hopefully they release a teaser during the Superbowl to ease any fears
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I wasn't bothered about this before, now I am. 15 days to go, I think. :unsure:
 
This is just speculation, but maybe there's a disagreement over the director's vision and the estate (maybe they just need to ad more scenes with Branca😂) . A similar situation just happened with the Prince doc (by Oscar-winning filmmaker Ezra Edelman). The doc is finished, and according to insiders amazing - but will probably never be released (not saying this will happen to our biopic!).
 
librariangirl:) said:
This is just speculation, but maybe there's a disagreement over the director's vision and the estate (maybe they just need to ad more scenes with Branca😂) . A similar situation just happened with the Prince doc (by Oscar-winning filmmaker Ezra Edelman). The doc is finished, and according to insiders amazing - but will probably never be released (not saying this will happen to our biopic!).
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I heard that the title of the film will also change: John Branca's Michael
 
librariangirl:) said:
This is just speculation, but maybe there's a disagreement over the director's vision and the estate
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See, again, I would have thought that was something that would have emerged last year and they would have addressed it then. Just me, speculating. :unsure:

librariangirl:) said:
(maybe they just need to ad more scenes with Branca😂) . A similar situation just happened with the Prince doc (by Oscar-winning filmmaker Ezra Edelman). The doc is finished, and according to insiders amazing - but will probably never be released (not saying this will happen to our biopic!).
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Isn't it supposed to be 9 hours long? Or was it 5 hours? I know it's really long.
 
zinniabooklover said:
zinniabooklover said:
See, again, I would have thought that was something that would have emerged last year and they would have addressed it then. Just me, speculating. :unsure:
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Yeah true especially since the MJ estate seem to have more control, so they could have handled any issues during filming. In contrast, the Prince estate wasn’t as involved during production and is only blocking it now.
 
My last whiff at a crackpot theory is this rumor is directly tied to the Leaving Neverland folks trying to ignite some sort of debate in the general public, possibly force the Chandler's into speaking on the subject in some sort of way. It's really just subversive subterfuge but it suits nobody but the media smearing MJ's name, in whatever way. Can't maintain a positive outlook.

It won't work out if that's the case though.

 
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