{"id":690818,"date":"2026-05-24T04:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/690818\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T04:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:36:15","slug":"michael-japan-premiere-set-for-june-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/690818\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMichael\u201d Japan Premiere Set for June 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japanese fans of Michael Jackson are about to witness a historic moment. The highly anticipated biopic Michael will officially hold its Japan premiere on June 4, ahead of the film\u2019s nationwide release on June 12.<\/p>\n

For the first time, lead actor Jaafar Jackson\u00a0will visit Japan alongside young Michael actor Juliano Valdi, producer Graham King, and director Antoine Fuqua.<\/p>\n

The cast includes Coleman Domingo as Joseph Jackson, Nia Long as Katherine Jackson, Kendrick Sampson as Quincy Jones, and Miles Teller as attorney John Branca. It hasn\u2019t been confirmed if those will also be present for the premiere.<\/p>\n

The June 4 premiere event in Japan is expected to be a major celebration for fans, featuring a red carpet event, live stage greetings, and a special screening. It will also mark the first opportunity for Japanese audiences to hear directly from the cast and filmmakers about the making of the film and their connection to Michael Jackson\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n

As excitement continues to build worldwide, all eyes now turn to Japan, where fans will welcome the cast and crew of Michael for what promises to be one of the year\u2019s biggest entertainment events.<\/p>\n

Photo of TOHO Cinemas in Ikebukuro, credit to @KINECT023_X<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japanese fans of Michael Jackson are about to witness a historic moment. The highly anticipated biopic Michael will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[234348,64,63,23533,134,98164,234475,941,337137,19928,250060,337138,250061,136],"class_list":["post-690818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-antoine-fuqua","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-biopic","tag-entertainment","tag-graham-king","tag-jaafar-jackson","tag-japan","tag-juliano-valdi","tag-michael-jackson","tag-michael-jackson-news","tag-mj-fan","tag-mj-news","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690818","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=690818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}