{"id":360006,"date":"2025-11-06T14:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/360006\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T14:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:49:11","slug":"michael-jackson-biopic-reveals-first-footage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/360006\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson Biopic Reveals First Footage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLionsgate has released the trailer for \u201cMichael,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/antoine-fuqua\/\" id=\"auto-tag_antoine-fuqua\" data-tag=\"antoine-fuqua\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Antoine Fuqua<\/a>\u2018s upcoming biopic chronicling the King of Pop, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/michael-jackson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_michael-jackson\" data-tag=\"michael-jackson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Jackson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJackson is played by his nephew, Jaafar Jackson. The trailer opens with the iconic singer in the studio with Quincy Jones (Kendrick Sampson), who says: \u201cI know you\u2019ve been waiting a long time for this. The tracks are made, the songs are ready. Let\u2019s take it from the top.\u201d Clips of Jackson\u2019s childhood and iconic performances and music videos, including \u201cThriller,\u201d flash by as his 1982 hit \u201cWanna Be Startin\u2019 Somethin\u2019\u201d plays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAlongside Jaafar Jackson, \u201cMichael\u201d also stars Miles Teller as Jackson\u2019s attorney and adviser John Branca, Colman Domingo as his father Joe Jackson, Nia Long as his mother Katherine Jackson, Jessica Sula as his sister LaToya Jackson, Larenz Tate as Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, Laura Harrier as pioneering music executive Suzanne de Passe and Kat Graham as Diana Ross.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe biopic is set to be released in theaters on April 24, 2026, moving from its original Oct. 3, 2025 date. Although \u201cMichael\u201d wrapped production in May 2024, it underwent reshoots and there were reports about it being split into two parts \u2014 though from the trailer, it appears to be just one film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201c\u2018Michael\u2019 explores the global superstar\u2019s journey to become known to the world as the King of Pop, presenting an intimate look at the life and enduring legacy of one of the most influential, trailblazing artists the world has ever known,\u201d the synopsis reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOther cast members include Liv Symone as Gladys Knight; Kevin Shinick as Dick Clark; KeiLyn Durrel Jones as Jackson\u2019s former security-turned-trusted friend and confidante Bill Bray; and Kendrick Sampson as industry icon Quincy Jones, who first met Jackson when he was just 12 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJohn Logan (\u201cAlien: Covenant,\u201d \u201cRango\u201d) penned the script for \u201cMichael.\u201d John Branca, Graham King and John McClain serve as producers. Justin Simen co-produces. David B. Householter serves as executive producer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWatch the trailer for \u201cMichael\u201d below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionsgate has released the trailer for \u201cMichael,\u201d Antoine Fuqua\u2018s upcoming biopic chronicling the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":360007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[59362,171,1018,975,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-360006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-antoine-fuqua","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-michael-jackson","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115503311465994443","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}