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Antoine Fuqua’s Delayed Michael Jackson Biopic May Be Split Into Two Films

Lionsgate has confirmed that director Antoine Fuqua's forthcoming Michael Jackson Biopic may be split into two films due to its length.

“Any number of the biggest motion pictures over the last ten or 20 years have had first cuts of movies that were well in excess three and a half hours,” he said, adding that it is “an accumulation of scenes that we’ve seen.” The second reason is likely the legal and contractual issues around the molestation accusations against Jackson from the early 1990s by the family of then 13-year-old Jordan Chandler. Other cast members include Larenz Tate as Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, Laura Harrier as music executive Suzanne de Passe, and Kat Graham as Diana Ross.

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