You wanna be startin\u2019 somethin\u2019 early?<\/p>\n
Lionsgate said today that its Michael Jackson biopic Michael will have limited early-access screenings in premium formats on Wednesday, April 22, ahead of its wide release that Friday. Tickets for the one-night-only showings go on sale at 6 a.m. PT\/9 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 11.<\/p>\n
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The King of Pop\u2019s nephew, Jaafar Jackson, stars in the titular role of the pic directed by Antoine Fuqua. Here is the logline: Michael\u00a0tells the story of Michael Jackson\u2019s life beyond the music, tracing his journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson 5 to the visionary artist whose creative ambition fueled a relentless pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world. Highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career, the film gives audiences a front-row seat to Michael Jackson as never before. This is where his story begins.<\/p>\n
Nia Long, Juliano Valdi, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Laura Harrier also star in Michael, with Miles Teller and Colman Domingo.<\/p>\n
RELATED: Bon Jovi Movie About Early Years Of Iconic Rock Band Set At Universal<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cFor Michael Jackson\u2019s fans,\u00a0Michael\u00a0is the cinematic event they\u2019ve been waiting for \u2014 the movie captures both the soul and the spectacle of the boy who became the King of Pop,\u201d Kevin Grayson, President of Worldwide Distribution for Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said in a statement. \u201cThese early access screenings, in Imax and premium large formats, will immerse audiences in the electrifying performances and bring the power of Michael Jackson\u2019s iconic music to life. It\u2019s the perfect way to be the first to see the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n Best of Deadline<\/p>\n Sign up for Deadline’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You wanna be startin\u2019 somethin\u2019 early? Lionsgate said today that its Michael Jackson biopic Michael will have limited…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,234475,19928,29196,136],"class_list":["post-532963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-jaafar-jackson","tag-michael-jackson","tag-miles-teller","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}