{"id":325604,"date":"2026-03-02T22:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/325604\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T22:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:26:07","slug":"michael-movie-runtime-revealed-for-jaafar-jacksons-king-of-pop-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/325604\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Movie Runtime Revealed for Jaafar Jackson\u2019s King of Pop Biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/comingsoon.net\/tag\/michael\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Michael<\/a>\u2018s runtime has been revealed for the music biopic about the King of Pop, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/tag\/michael-jackson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Michael Jackson<\/a>, starring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/tag\/jaafar-jackson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jaafar Jackson.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What is Michael\u2019s runtime?<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amctheatres.com\/movies\/michael-early-access-83034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">AMC Theatres\u2019 website<\/a>, Michael\u2019s runtime is 2 hours and 10 minutes. Comparable runtimes to Michael include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/tag\/bohemian-rhapsody\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bohemian Rhapsody<\/a> at 2 hours and 14 minutes and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/tag\/Rocketman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Rocketman<\/a> at 2 hours and 1 minute.<\/p>\n<p>Jaafar Jackson, Michael\u2019s nephew, stars as Michael Jackson, the international pop star who became a global icon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael is the cinematic portrayal of the life and legacy of one of the most influential artists the world has ever known,\u201d the official synopsis reads. \u201cThe film tells 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<p>Besides Jackson, Michael\u2019s cast includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/tag\/Nia-Long\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Nia Long<\/a> as Katherine Jackson, Laura Harrier\u00a0as\u00a0Suzanne de Passe, Juliano Krue Valdi as young Michael Jackson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/tag\/Miles-Teller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Miles Teller<\/a>\u00a0as\u00a0John Branca, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/tag\/colman-domingo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Colman Domingo\u00a0<\/a>as\u00a0Joe Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>Antoine Fuqua\u00a0directs Michael from a screenplay by John Logan. Producers include Branca, Graham King, and John McClain.<\/p>\n<p>Michael was originally scheduled to be in two movies, with part one in April 2025 and part two in November 2025. However, the movie underwent reshoots and implemented significant changes to the third act. The movie has now been condensed into a single movie, with a second part hinging on the success of the first. Michael will reportedly end during his rise in the 1980s. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/tag\/lionsgate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Lionsgate<\/a> will release Michael in theaters and IMAX on April 24, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael\u2018s runtime has been revealed for the music biopic about the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, starring Jaafar&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,75811,75812,39478,2703,278],"class_list":["post-325604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jaafar-jackson","tag-michael","tag-michael-jackson","tag-movie-news","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325604","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=325604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}