Michael Jackson is heading back to the big screen and in a major way.
For, it’s been announced that a biopic about the King of Pop is currently in the works and has the producer of Oscar winning ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ attached.
Details below…
Per Deadline, Graham King has been granted the rights from the Michael Jackson Estate to helm the movie about the late legend’s layered life.
And while the Estate are involved (and have cleared use of Jackson’s iconic songs), word is that it won’t be a safe-sanitized account, but rather a raw and rare insight into one of – if not the – most famous names in modern music history.
Three-time Oscar nominee John Logan has been tapped to write the script for the flick, which – upon completion of that process – will be shopped to studios.
The news comes as other Jackson related projects Moonwalk their way into production; this includes the Broadway bound ‘MJ The Musical’ – which this week announced Ephraim Sykes as its lead.
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We’re here for it.
The “Michael Jackson” narrative is one that’ll continue to fascinate generations to come and with the names above in the mix it’ll be intriguing to see what the latest chapter brings with it.
For many, ‘The Jacksons: An American Dream’ serves as the definitive MJ biopic. It’ll be interesting to see whether this snatches the baton.
King, the Taylor Swift of the 80s.
Don’t be an idiot. taylor swift doesn’t exist in context to Michael Jackson. Stop the nonsense.
The woman who constantly sells a million copies first week in the streaming era(2014 to now). I’d say she’s really really close if not above.
Girl, shut up lol
Girl, I know you wish Igloo was the modern day 2pac.
So you’re gonna diss Iggy, but yet call your heffa, stank self Fanciest BISH? And the other day you actually SAID Iggy was 2pac ? Don’t make me pull the receipts out ? Chile, seek help and medications, immediately! ? ? ?
Taylor Swift’s celebrity will NEVER be as big as Michael Jackson’s celebrity. It is not possible for any celebrity to become that big and famous anymore ever since social media.
She has the numbers.
The accolades.
The acclaim.
The tour grosses.
Think again and harder.
I bet you think Beyonce is instead???
I am talking about celebrity. Michael was bigger than life. People bought his albums like they do light bulbs and this was during a time with lots of other huge celebrity competition (Madonna, Whitney Houston, The Beatles, etc). People were spending real money on his albums and singles not streaming freely and counting that as “sales” or paying pennies on the dollar for digital downloads like in today’s music climate. In the US, albums were $14 to $17 each and singles sold for $3 to $6 each in the 1980s and a lot more internationally. Taylor has no competition and she is doing great but to compare celebrity in the 2000s to the 1980s is ridiculously idiotic. Social media destroyed the possibility for stars to be as big as Michael Jackson was / is. Everyone wanted to be like Michael! You cannot say the same thing about Taylor! Why can’t you just worship and praise Taylor without pitting her against other artists? She has nothing to do with Michael Jackson. When people think of Michael Jackson they do not have to pit him against any other artists! That is how big he was / is! Michael is true definition of a superstar who was looked at as on a pedastal.
@Jasmine, you know Fanciest TRICK is Clarkson, right? This the same HOEE that’s obsessed with you and now is obsessed with me! ? Clarkson ALWAYS compares artists together, like with Camiltoe and Normani…here this heffa goes again comparing MJ with Tay Tay SMH…in what world? ? ?
Thanks Fancy. Every time i call IT out for having multiple troll accounts it starts arguing with itself. I strongly believe it works for TGJ to be so dedicated to this little site
Shut it TROLLmine, stop spending your web of lies you will only get caught out again. I thought you worked for tgj if you really did them you would know who you work with you damn fool. And Fancy broke a$$ b|tch we know you are really TROLLmine leave the fanciest alone and stop picking on people smh.
@My homegirl Jasmine, just ignore IT ?
MJ had talent. Taylor swift can’t sing or dance and she isn’t a great writer like MJ was. “We are never ever ever getting back to gevaaaaa” ground breaking ?
Peodo or not to peodo that is the question.
How to learn to spell should be the question you need to ask.
@ SMH….???? Right!
Guilty till proven innocent..
And you’ve proven that you’re just stupid.
They can go ahead and keep this. Its juts gonna be yet another sensationalized fictional flick based off of the same tabloid headlines we’ve been seeing for the last 30 years. No thanks.
*just
Damn this will be a messy biopic
If they include the pèdo accusations, people will complain
If they don’t include the pèdo accusation, people will complain
If the make him a sympathetic man , people will complain
If they make him a villain, people will complain
Michael is such a controversial figure.
No he is not. Michael was a very kind human spirit and that is all they need to depict. The p*** accusations were nothing more than desperate money grabs! People see right through that. Anyone who does not see right through that is seeing what they want to see being he was found not guilty and the evidence does not lie. He was accused twice. The first time MJ fought the case for a year and a half before his tour insurance company paid that lawsuit off.because he knew he was not guilty and the evidence proved that. The second time he was accused it was after he had died and those allegations were dismissed in a court of law due to lack of evidence and the accusers purposely waiting until MJ had died to pursue a quick money grab.
They can’t complain if the facts are told as they are. He was under investigation and his name was cleared. That’s it. There’s no way to mess that up. But you’re right…people will still complain because they want to believe something other than the proven truth.
Beyonce biopic gonna be so boring.
The most interesting thing to ever happen in beyonce life is that solange jay z elevator beat down
Beyonce so boring and too perfect
Rihanna biopic gonna be fun as hell
Chris brown beating her àss
Nùde pictures leaking
Almost getting dropped from her label
Dating Chris brown after he beat her
Giving chris brown an S**
Dating leonardo DiCaprio
Serving iconic looks at the met gala
Doing drugs and smoking weed
Fighting with her daddy
LMAO spot on… Even a Katy Perry one sounds much better.Not her giving chris an S**?
And I know the girl was in drugs during clapbackanna maybe a touch on that.
But I think her backstabbing her childhood friends is interesting, the true Becky (still think it’s fabricated tho)… give Wendy and BET a script please…
You sound stupid.
Everyone in hollywood knows Leonardo DiCaprio is GAY. Rihanna did not date him. They were neighbors and friends.
Bey is similar to Diana Ross. Has Diana ever had a biography movie? No so STFU! Who says Bey’s personal life has to be interesting? Your opinion does not count! Who says Bey has to have a biography movie while still living? Again your opinion does not count!
MORON
Clarksooon aka Clarkson aka Fancy FRAUD aka Fanciest BISH aka S****** Blonde is talking to itself chile ? I got the receipts ready if you wanna get cute! ? ?
https://tenor.com/view/receipts-salty-gif-5938020
Bring thr reciepts girl. What is a suocide blonde?
I need Angela Bassett on board as his mum again!!!!
Oscar nominated actress angela Bassett will never go near this mess.
But she can make a cheap lifetime movie about Whitney but solely focus on her toxic marriage and drug use not long after she died? Ok.
AS deserved. They better not include the fake @ss child sh!t that was never ever proven. EVER. Y’all are just mad in the comments because not artist today can touch MJ in rock, pop or rnb. Not even in disco. The KANG