Jackson's nephew will play the late musician.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT With the multiple Grammy winner being just as controversial as he is beloved, director Antoine Fuqua is explaining how Michael will chronicle the musician's life.
Antoine Fuqua recently sat down with Good Morning America to celebrate the upcoming release of The Equalizer 3. In looking ahead to his upcoming projects, the director/producer offered an update on his Michael Jackson biopic, namely in how he and his team will chronicle the controversial musician's life, assuring that they will "tell the facts as know it", including "the good, the bad, and the ugly.
He was a great artist. He was human. We’re gonna show the good, bad, and the ugly. We're just going to tell Michael based on the facts that I have. Me and Graham King, the producer of Bohemian Rhapsody, we're going to tell the facts that we have, and it's for the audience to make a decision on how they feel about Michael, but we're going to tell the facts as we know it.
Michael Jackson's Biopic Will Be One Of The Riskiest Ever The music biopic genre has enjoyed something of a resurgence over the past few years, especially thanks to King's Bohemian Rhapsody, which grossed over $910 million at the box office and netted four Oscar wins, in spite of its mixed reviews. The Elton John-based Rocketman followed just a year later, garnering far better reviews, albeit a much lower box office haul and showing at the Oscars.
This is a sentiment echoed by Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed, who slammed Michael in a lengthy op-ed for it glorifying "a man who raped children" and questioning whether the biopic will tackle these accusations. Given the court cases for Jackson's allegations have gone back and forth for decades, it's unclear if Fuqua will consider it a factual chapter in the late musician's life to explore, or will avoid it entirely.
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