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‘Leaving Neverland 2’ Director Dan Reed On Why HBO Backed Out Of Michael Jackson Sequel, The “Rough” Road For Docs & Lionsgate‘s King Of Pop Biopic
'Leaving Neverland' director Dan Reed reflects on making a sequel to his Emmy-winning Michael Jackson documentary without HBO.
The King of Pop was cleared of child abuse charges during his lifetime, but something about the Emmy-winning testimony of Wade Robson and James Safechuck stuck in the collective consciousness, despite consistent denials from Jackson’s family and those who manage his business empire. Leaving Neverland2 picks up the story where the first film left off in 2019, chronicling Robson and Safechuck’s legal battle with the Jackson estate as they seek to hold the singer’s enablers accountable for the abuse they claim to have suffered. Its decision is thought to be related to Warner Bros. Discovery’s own legal battle with the Jackson estate, which resulted in an opaque arbitration process after Leaving Neverland breached a non-disparagement clause in a 1992 contract for HBO’s DangerousTour concert special.
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