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Untitled Michael Jackson Biopic (TBA)

Posted: November 23rd, 2019, 10:48 am
by Nomis
Bohemian Rhapsody producer Graham King has secured from the Michael Jackson estate the rights to make a film of the complicated pop icon’s life with access to all of his music, sources say. King’s GK Films has retained three-time Oscar-nominated writer John Logan to pen the script. It is not set up at a studio at this point.

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Re: Untitled Michael Jackson Biopic (TBA)

Posted: November 23rd, 2019, 10:59 am
by Artemis
The casting of this movie will not be controversial at all.

Re: Untitled Michael Jackson Biopic (TBA)

Posted: November 23rd, 2019, 12:08 pm
by Nomis
I guess, it's still quite some time off though. They're going to write the script before looking which studio might want to buy it.

Re: Untitled Michael Jackson Biopic (TBA)

Posted: November 24th, 2019, 10:26 am
by Pratham
buy popcorn shares lol

Re: Untitled Michael Jackson Biopic (TBA)

Posted: November 24th, 2019, 1:16 pm
by TeddyBlass
Can't wait for the Bill Cosby biopic that overlooks all of his crimes and ugliness...

Re: Untitled Michael Jackson Biopic (TBA)

Posted: November 24th, 2019, 1:25 pm
by Master Virgo
John Logan is doing this? :blank:

Re: Untitled Michael Jackson Biopic (TBA)

Posted: November 24th, 2019, 2:01 pm
by atilasantos
Just watch This is It
It's an awesome and emotional documentary about MJ's last months

Re: Untitled Michael Jackson Biopic (TBA)

Posted: November 24th, 2019, 4:09 pm
by bootsy
TeddyBlass wrote:
November 24th, 2019, 1:16 pm
Can't wait for the Bill Cosby biopic that overlooks all of his crimes and ugliness...
Where does it say that this film is overlooking those things.
I’m told that the film isn’t intended to be a sanitized rendering of Jackson’s life. King and Logan worked together on the Martin Scorsese-directed The Aviator, another complex look at the life of a genius. In that film, Howard Hughes was in a race to innovate before his mental illness and germaphobic obsessions overtook him.

In this case, the complexity of Jackson’s life is well known and will not be ignored in a film that will span his entire life, which ended with his tragic death in June 2009 at age 50. He became a star as a child and a global icon as an adult, but his childhood was not an easy one, and in adulthood he had to defend himself and paid out settlements over allegations of sexual abuse of child companions who routinely stayed at his house for sleepovers.
I don't see how they can avoid this due to as it says 'the complexity of Jackson's life'. Everyone knows about it so it's not like it's some secret. Will they do a deep dive into it? Probably not but they won't ignore it either.

Re: Untitled Michael Jackson Biopic (TBA)

Posted: November 24th, 2019, 7:25 pm
by TeddyBlass
bootsy wrote:
November 24th, 2019, 4:09 pm
TeddyBlass wrote:
November 24th, 2019, 1:16 pm
Can't wait for the Bill Cosby biopic that overlooks all of his crimes and ugliness...
Where does it say that this film is overlooking those things.

Right. The Jackson family signed off on a movie that details his dark side. Ha.

Re: Untitled Michael Jackson Biopic (TBA)

Posted: November 24th, 2019, 9:19 pm
by radewart
It will show his trials and accusations, but portray it as Jackson's being the target of extortion schemes and vindicated in the end.