{"id":20414,"date":"2025-07-24T11:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/20414\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T11:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:41:08","slug":"michael-jackson-biopic-moves-to-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/20414\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson Biopic Moves to April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Michael<\/a> Jackson biopic \u201cMichael\u201d will open in standard theaters and in Imax worldwide on April 24, moving from its earlier October date.<\/p>\n

\n\tLionsgate is releasing the film domestically, with Universal handling distribution in the rest of the world except for Japan, which is handled by Kino Films.<\/p>\n

\n\tAntoine Fuqua directs, with John Logan as screenwriter and Jaafar Jackson starring as his late uncle. Graham King, an Oscar winner for \u201cThe Departed,\u201d produces. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c\u2018Michael\u2019 explores the global superstar\u2019s journey to become known to the world as the King of Pop, presenting an intimate look at the life and enduring legacy of one of the most influential, trailblazing artists the world has ever known,\u201d the synopsis reads. <\/p>\n

\n\tLionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer said in May<\/a> that the movie was \u201clikely\u201d to move to 2026. Although it wrapped production in May 2024, the project underwent reshoots and came in with a lengthy initial cut. Earlier, there had been discussion about releasing the film in two parts. The film was last reported to carry a $155 million production budget. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMichael\u201d also stars Colman Domingo and Nia Long as family heads Joe and Katherine Jackson. Miles Teller plays John Branca, Jackson\u2019s attorney and advisor. Larenz Tate plays Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, with Laura Harrier as music executive Suzanne de Passe and Kat Graham will appear as Diana Ross. Other cast members include Jessica Sula as La Toya Jackson, Michael\u2019s older sister; Liv Symone as Gladys Knight; Kevin Shinick as Dick Clark; KeiLyn Durrel Jones as Jackson\u2019s former security-turned-trusted friend and confidante Bill Bray; and Kendrick Sampson as Quincy Jones, who first met Michael Jackson<\/a> when he was just 12 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Michael Jackson biopic \u201cMichael\u201d will open in standard theaters and in Imax worldwide on April 24, moving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,17234,17235,341],"class_list":["post-20414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-michael","tag-michael-jackson","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}