‘Michael’: Everything we know about the Michael Jackson biopic

Makes you wonder why this movie hasn’t been released sooner. Fourteen years after his death (June 25, 2009), we will soon have the opportunity to find out the extraordinary fate of the most famous singer in the world, Michael Jackson.

Here you are everything we know about this biographical, soberly titled event Michael.

Michael Jackson, from his childhood to his death

If documentaries, books and other Youtube videos have already tried to tell about the extraordinary life of Michael Jackson, it’s the turn of the study liongate to tackle this vast task, second Deadline.

The biopic will follow the trajectory of the King of Pop from his childhood marked by the creation of the Jackson 5 group to his death at the age of 50. The American magazine also revealed that the controls of the project were in the hands of the American director Antonio Fuqafamous for doing Training day as well as the saga Equalizerworn by Denzel Washington, then, more recently, the film Emancipation with Will Smith.

I study leongate it’s not his first attempt since he was already at the origin of Bohemian Rhapsodythe 2018 biopic about Freddie Mercury breaking all box office records. There is no doubt that after business success of the film, it is tempting to try to renew the experience with an equally famous star of the band icon Queen (if not more). The script of Michael will be signed by the pen of John Logan, to whom we owe in particular the cartoon scenarios of the 7th art such as Sky fall, Spectrum by Sam Mendes o Aviator by Martin Scorsese.

music video director

Before majoring in feature films, Antoine Fuqua was known as music video director. You have collaborated with big names like Prince, Tony Braxton or Stevie Wonder. In the columns of Deadlinethe director confided the influence that the king of pop has had on his work:

“To me, no artist has the power, charisma and sheer musical genius of Michael Jackson. It influenced me a lot when I started working on music videos. He is the first black artist to be looped on MTV. His music and images of him are part of my world view and the opportunity to tell his story on screen alongside his music was irresistible.. »

Freddie Mercurymore recently Whitney HoustonElvis Presley, and soon Amy Winehouse and Michael Jackson… there is no doubt: the biopic about great musical artists has bright days ahead of it.

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