The much anticipated music biopic for the King of Pop is released 24th April 2026! Going to be HUGE. I can see this being the biggest biopic of all time (providing the reviews are on it's side - I feel biopics rely heavily on reviews, but this is about Michael Jackson so not sure the reviews will matter as much...)

Michael is played by Jaafar Jackson who is one of Michael's nephews!

Universal are expecting huge things and I'm talking over $1bn at the box office (which would in turn make it the biggest biopic of all time - Oppenheimer is currently the biggest at $975m & Bohemian Rhapsody is next with $910m) so I suspect you will be seeing promotion for this absolutely everywhere.

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I mean it looks very nice and all, but I can't really not see this as a little awkward, especially so with the legal cases ongoing, the news of reshoots, pushback and the criticism from his own daughter. I can't see how they can honestly tell an effective story here when there was so much about him we'll likely never know and they legally cannot show as the Jackson Estate's involved.

I'm sure it will be big and the discourse will keep it going for months, but I'm not really that interested. But honestly my main reason for that isn't even the subject (art from artist etc.) it's more that I'm sure it will be the Bohemian Rhapsody style typical, generic, crowd friendly music biopic which I just find so predictable and unexciting.

Most viewed biopic trailer ever. Already looking good numbers wise