Documentary/Biopic Michael Jackson Biopic in the works from Bohemian Rhapsody Producer

[Albright]

or Teddy Perkins

 

[Sawyer]

Honestly, of all the potential hang-ups that will be encountered with a Jackson biopic, I think his look for the last decade of his life will be the toughest to overcome.

I just can’t see anyone with a human face sporting the necessary prosthetics and not looking like some sort of parody.

 

[Sawyer]

Also Fuqua seems like a weird choice for this tbh.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Honestly, of all the potential hang-ups that will be encountered with a Jackson biopic, I think his look for the last decade of his life will be the toughest to overcome.

I just can’t see anyone with a human face sporting the necessary prosthetics and not looking like some sort of parody.

Some CGI for the face be used for sure.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Naw pass I’ll just continue to watch The Jackson’s: American Dream when it comes on tv.

A true television classic. Same man.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

What a goddamn nightmare of a movie to make. Why would anyone think this was a good idea?

Because it'll make a gazillion dollars, I guess, but still - Jesus Christ, what a stupid and immoral project to take on. Not that you couldn't make an interesting, tragic Michael Jackson biopic but I'm sure this will be something closer to Bohemian Rhapsody. Only somehow even more offensive.

 

[DarkKnight88]

One thing is for sure, whoever is playing Michael should already get their Oscar speech ready.

A literal physical transformation on film.

 

[sueb1863]

I'm not really sure what sort of angle they can take with this. Jackson's story was more of a tragedy than anything else. He was on top of the world in the first half of the 1980s and after that it was a long descent into increasing weirdness, legal tangles, and health problems. They could focus on his rise to fame but that's not exactly uplifting when we know where it all ended up.

 

[Lily Adler]

I wonder if this will be like Whitney's biopic.

 

[TheFuture]

I wonder if this will be like Whitney's biopic.

If I've read the OP correctly, the Estate sold the rights so they're probably not involved? If that's a case maybe they'll do something interesting.

I haven't seen the Whitney biopic but the trailer told me everything we need to know.

If I had to guess this isn't going to cover the whole span of his life much like BR, but that doesn't mean they can't make something worthwhile.

 

[Drizzle]

I'm not really sure what sort of angle they can take with this. Jackson's story was more of a tragedy than anything else. He was on top of the world in the first half of the 1980s and after that it was a long descent into increasing weirdness, legal tangles, and health problems. They could focus on his rise to fame but that's not exactly uplifting when we know where it all ended up.

I'd wager that the majority of music biopics out there don't have uplifting endings but Jackson's life is kind of in a league of its own as far as controversy and tragedy goes.

 

[Stringer]

One thing is for sure, whoever is playing Michael should already get their Oscar speech ready.

A literal physical transformation on film.

Unless they can accurately speak in the seldom heard deep Michael voice, they gets no praise from me.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Sawyer]

Oh, so this is going to be VERRRRRY sanitized.

 

[Erik20]

I'm not liking that choice. Kind of reminds me of the 2Pac movie where they basically picked a lookalike for the role instead of an actual actor. (Only this is even worse)

Also I'm not surprised it's Jermaine's son, he's been milking his brother's death since the day Michael died.

 

[Kane52630]

Oh, so this is going to be VERRRRRY sanitized.

the movie is probably gonna end with Michael catching his hair on fire.

 

[Pennywise]

‘Leaving Neverland’ Director Condemns New Michael Jackson Biopic – Deadline

 

[Sawyer]

We’ll be the judge of that, I think.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

We’ll be the judge of that, I think.

It will be very ugly when they attack the victims.

 

[Sawyer]

I doubt Fuqua goes that far. But I do have to assume they’re going to be as vague as possible about the allegations and brush past it all as quickly as they can.

 

[DarkKnight88]

I guess it depends how much of his life they’re going portray. His whole life ala Elvis or a portion of his life ie the Off the Wall to Thriller or Bad years.

 

[Sawyer]

I guess it depends how much of his life they’re going portray. His whole life ala Elvis or a portion of his life ie the Thriller to Bad years.

It would probably be in their best interest to stick to his early years, but knowing how most of these things go, it’ll probably be birth to death…

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Pennywise]