Michael Jackson wanted to buy a movie studio so he could play Iron Man in a movie

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By 9 Aug 2013

By Mark Jefferies

The singer dreamed of playing superheroes in films but never succeeded after allegations of child abuse

Madcap Michael Jackson hoped to star as Iron Man in the big screen film versions made famous by Robert Downey Junior.

The singer, who died four years ago, had hundreds of millions of pounds ready as he dreamed of becoming Anthony Stark in the blockbuster flicks.

But his plans fell apart after he was hit by allegations of child sex abuse in the mid 1990s.

***** hoped to play a black version of the superhero, which has since become one of the biggest movie franchises on the planet.

*****’s former manager Dieter Weisner confirmed that ***** wanted to buy Universal Pictures and use them to leverage rights to star in superhero movies.

And a source close to the Jackson family added: “Michael was a visionary in the sense of how he knew that the Marvel universe’s superheros were hit movies waiting to be made.

“He saw himself as leading men in these films, and especially felt Iron Man was a possibility as he felt he was similar to Tony Stark - an enigma, mastermind and at the same time childlike,

“We never knew how fans would react to it as Stark was a always a white character, but Michael always loved to break boundaries.

“However after the Jordie Chandler sex case, some of his backers and his focus switched away from that.

“Michael always thought his next step after his music comeback was to head back into movies. He had moderate success with Moonwalker, and obviously the Thriller music video was a winner.”

Jackson’s friend and European manager Dietner Weisner admitted the movie loving star plotted to become a leading light in the film industry.

On an audio recording owned by Wiesner, Jackson admits he wanted to buy out Universal - the then owners of Marvel.

The star was set to return to the stage before he died

Jackson said: “We could easily go in to Universal and buy it. We would own Jaws, E.T., Close Encounters...all of the classics from Universal, own all of that stuff. And that would allow us to do a Marvel Channel, not only the Marvel characters but Marvel films.

“We can do anything we want from restaurants to retail, theme parks.”
As Jackson ploughed his focus into rescuing his reputation, Disney purchased the business instead.

Wiesner confirmed: “Disney ended up buying Marvel and doing exactly what Michael had predicted, and making a fortune at it.

“That was the second part of his life. He did want to do this. And he knew exactly every single detail, what he wants to do. And he was absolutely right.”


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Dieter is a crook.. There money train is gone so they are selling him out once again to the tabs
 
This is just utter bullshit. Michael was going to work on films after This is It. We know that. The allegations didn't do anything to him on a theatrical front.
 
dam2040;3885155 said:
This is just utter bullshit. Michael was going to work on films after This is It. We know that. The allegations didn't do anything to him on a theatrical front.

They did. Michael planned to work on movies when the allegations hit in 1993. In fact, this is what David Nordahl told the Reflecions on the Dance website in 2010:

“I was working on sketches for his [Jackson’s] film production company, called Lost Boys Productions. Sony had given him (Michael) $40 million to start this production company and that little boy’s dad (Evan Chandler), who considered himself to be show business material, because he had written part of a script. After that he considered himself a Hollywood screenwriter, and being friends with Michael and his son being friends with Michael, this guy had assumed that Michael was going to make him a partner in this film production company and that’s where the $20 million figure came from. He wanted half of that Sony money. It was proven. It was an extortion. Michael listened to his business advisors and they all told him to keep his mouth shut and to go on to Korea, go on with your tour, you’re in the middle of a tour. We’ll take care of it.”

AFAIK Michael would also have been a partner in Dreamworks Studios which also fell through because of the allegations.
 
They did. Michael planned to work on movies when the allegations hit in 1993. In fact, this is what David Nordahl told the Reflecions on the Dance website in 2010:



AFAIK Michael would also have been a partner in Dreamworks Studios which also fell through because of the allegations.

Oh right, I didn't know that. So MJ is 40 million in debt to Sony then? Highly doubt that really but who knows.
 
That was 20 years ago. We don't know what happened to that money. Whether it was really forwarded to Michael and if it was then whether it got returned or went to other projects. Being in debt to Sony is not the only thing that could happen to it. The bottom line is that some of Michael's movie plans DID fall through directly because of the allegations.
 
They did. Michael planned to work on movies when the allegations hit in 1993. In fact, this is what David Nordahl told the Reflecions on the Dance website in 2010:



AFAIK Michael would also have been a partner in Dreamworks Studios which also fell through because of the allegations.

This just makes me more pissed at Chandler. I'm glad the truth was posted in 2010 because this also gives more info about the extortion plot.

Just think about what Michael could have been a part of IF 1993 especially NEVER happened. This would have changed everything.
 
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