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Michael Jackson Biopic Team Touts ‘Unbiased’ Look at Pop Star; ‘Leaving Neverland’ Director Calls Script Draft ‘Startlingly Disingenuous’
Can the Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” avoid taking sides over the King of Pop’s allegations of pedophilia?
There is one significant aspect of Jackson’s life, however, that will make that promise practically impossible to fulfill: The multiple allegations that the King of Pop leveraged his global fame to groom prepubescent boys into a sexual relationship. The cases were subsequently combined in February; Robson and Safechuck’s attorney, John Carpenter, thinks delays by the Jackson estate’s legal team will likely push the trial past the scheduled April 2025 release of “Michael.” “It might make it more difficult to select a jury,” he says. That cuts both ways: A trial before the film’s release could depress ticket sales, and with a roughly $155 million budget, “Michael” would need to be one of the highest grossing musical biopics of all time to clear a profit in theaters.
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