Lionsgate releases first trailer for Michael Jackson biopic “Michael,” starring Jaafar Jackson

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00:00Lionsgate Releases First Trailer for Michael Jackson Biopic, Michael Starring Jafar Jackson

00:06Lionsgate has released the first trailer for Michael, a biopic about the life and legacy

00:11of Michael Jackson, starring Jafar Jackson, the King of Pop's real-life nephew, and promising

00:17both triumph and turbulence.

00:19Michael Joseph Jackson, August 29, 1958 to June 25, 2009, The King of Pop, rose from

00:27the Jackson 5 to global icon. With Quincy Jones, he made Thriller, 1982, and videos like Beat

00:34It and The Moonwalk reshaped culture. From the mid-1980s, scrutiny over his appearance

00:39and legal battles grew. Acquitted on multiple charges in 2005, he died in June 2009 from

00:47a propofol overdose while preparing for his This Is It comeback tour. A Staples Center memorial

00:53drew an estimated 2.5 billion viewers. In 2024, half his catalog sold to Sony for $600 million.

01:01Filming, wrapped in May 2024, release shifted from April 2025 to October 2025, then to April

01:102026 after summer reshoots on a $155 million production directed by Antoine Fuqua, from a

01:18script by John Logan. Cast, Jafar Jackson, Coleman Domingo as Joe Jackson, Nia Long as Catherine,

01:24Miles Teller as John Branca, Laura Harrier as Suzanne DePass, Kat Graham as Diana Ross,

01:30Lorenz Tate as Barry Gordy. The trailer opens with young Michael and the Jackson 5, tracks

01:36his solo breakout, and recreates Billie Jean and Thriller, while Fuqua echoes Bohemian Rhapsody

01:42and Rocketman to balance spectacle and intimate struggle. Arriving as audiences rediscover legacy

01:48artists, Michael aims to celebrate and re-examine a giant after Bohemian Rhapsody and Elvis and Antoine

01:55Fuqua calls it unflinching but celebratory. Michael is set for worldwide release in April 2026,

02:03maybe split into two parts, and features a robust soundtrack of dozens of hits from Don't Stop

02:09Till You Get Enough to Smooth Criminal. Michael isn't just another music biopic, a cinematic retelling

02:16of a global phenomenon, with Jafar Jackson and a powerhouse team rekindling nostalgia and renewal

02:21as the world watches.