{"id":277219,"date":"2026-02-02T18:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/277219\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:24:10","slug":"michael-jackson-movie-drops-full-trailer-ahead-of-april-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/277219\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson Movie Drops Full Trailer Ahead Of April Release Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFull trailer for <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/lionsgate\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lionsgate\" data-tag=\"lionsgate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lionsgate<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/michael\/\" id=\"auto-tag_michael\" data-tag=\"michael\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael<\/a> Jackson biopic Michael is here as we approach April 24 release date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cYou are confident. You are strong. You are beautiful. You are the greatest of all time,\u201d the trailer begins as we see the King of Pop elevate from nothing to something overlaid with a soundtrack featuring several of his catchiest tunes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe movie stars Jackson\u2019s nephew Jaafar Jackson in the titular role. He can be seen singing, dancing and being elevated to superstardom through the two minute 16 second trailer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/antoine-fuqua\/\" id=\"auto-tag_antoine-fuqua\" data-tag=\"antoine-fuqua\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Antoine Fuqua<\/a>\u2018s Michael also stars Miles Teller as Jackson\u2019s attorney and adviser John Branca, Colman Domingo as his father Joe Jackson, Nia Long as his mother Katherine Jackson, Jessica Sula as his sister LaToya Jackson, Larenz Tate as Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, Laura Harrier as pioneering music executive Suzanne de Passe, Kat Graham as Diana Ross and Juliano Valdi as Jackson 5-era <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/michael-jackson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_michael-jackson\" data-tag=\"michael-jackson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Jackson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe biopic is set to be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/07\/michael-jackson-biopic-michael-release-date-1236466552\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released in theaters on April 24<\/a>. There has been plenty of speculation about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/05\/michael-jackson-biopic-returns-to-production-1236409770\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">its release and delays<\/a>. It\u2019s still not clear from the synopsis or trailer whether the film will touch on any of the controversies that met the superstar later in life. The trailer drops two days before a UK documentary that will air previously unheard audio recordings from Jackson discussing his feelings towards children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe synopsis reads:\u00a0Michael\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 Five, 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.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Full trailer for Lionsgate\u2019s Michael Jackson biopic Michael is here as we approach April 24 release date. \u201cYou&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74284,93,61,60,8993,75812,39478,278,12541],"class_list":["post-277219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-antoine-fuqua","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lionsgate","tag-michael","tag-michael-jackson","tag-music","tag-trailers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}