Star will be played by the real-life singer’s nephew Jaafar Jackson in a film that will ‘humanise but not sanitise’ him
The first trailer for the Michael Jackson biopic has landed online after reports of a troubled production.
Filming on Michael had been completed in May 2024 and the film had originally been scheduled for release in April 2025, a date that was then pushed to October, but reshoots were needed in the June, pushing it once again, to April 2026.
There were then further reports that the film was being split into two parts, but the first trailer now suggests that it’s being released as one movie.
The film comes from director Antoine Fuqua, a film-maker more associated with action and thriller titles including Training Day, The Equalizer and Olympus Has Fallen. The script is from John Logan, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind Gladiator, The Aviator and Hugo.
