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Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson Biopic Gets Global Release Date Via Lionsgate & Universal
Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic, starring Jaafar Jackson in the title role, is getting a global release date of April 18, 2025. Lionsgate is releasing the movie stateside, while Universal is ha…
King secured the rights to make the movie from the Michael Jackson estate with access to all of the multi-Grammy winner’s music. While the estate’s of musical legends can often hold sway of how their cinematic narrative is told, Fuqua says his Michael Jackson biopic will retell the King of Pop’s tale “as we know it” and tackle some of the controversies the singer was involved in during his lifetime. That sequel to this past fall’s The Exorcist: The Believer($136.2M) is now unset as a search for a new director is underway; the most recent installment’s David Gordon Green is busy with the Ben Stiller movie, Nutcrackers, as well as the fourth season of the HBO comedy series The Righteous Gemstones.
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