Michael Jackson Biopic in the works from Bohemian Rhapsody director

[jilla82]

I think the days of a 2/3 hour movie covering lives of people is dead.

A MJ movie would be better off done in parts...on something like HBO or Netflix.

Long form tv shows are much better at character development.

 

[FrankieLymon757]

All we need is the Victory tour in 4k..fukk a biopic..

 

[Ziggiy]

That wasn't a Freddie biopic. The driving arc of the film was Queen...it's formation, the songwriting process, the breakup/reunion. Any real look at Freddie and a serious look at his life was washed away for the sake of a hollow, crowd pleasing moneymaker.

When I say it leads to inferior art, I'm taking about the art of filmmaking. If the goal is "protecting a legacy" and merely celebrating their music, there is a limit to how good of a film it can be.

We gone have to agree to disagree because i didn’t come out of that movie thinking I learned ANYTHING about the other members of Queen besides they helped write and compose some songs

Did we learn anything about the other band members wives or families? We certainly saw Freddie’s

Parents
Girlfriend turned fiancé turned best friend
Manager/lover
Drug abuse
Final lover

I don’t think anything about the band’s personal lives was mentioned beyond some of them ended up getting married. The movie was mostly Freddie with the band members popping up to tell Freddie he was going too far or to compose a song. Freddie and his trials and tribulations were the driving force of the movie

 

[Dynamite James]

 

[KnickstapeCity]

It’s lit, brehs. Can’t wait for this to come out.

 

[papertrail08]

For a second I thought Bryan Singer was directing this movie

 

[Ziggiy]

So it looks like they don’t have an actual Director attached yet. It NEEDS to be a black director if their going to do it right. In a perfect world Spike Lee would helm it but thats NEVER going to happen.

 

[Dynamite James]

 

[Mike the Executioner]

So it looks like they don’t have an actual Director attached yet. It NEEDS to be a black director if their going to do it right. In a perfect world Spike Lee would helm it but thats NEVER going to happen.

A Michael Jackson biopic directed by Spike Lee makes way too much sense, which is why we'll never see it.

 

[ledge]

Ryan Coogler should direct

 

[FeverPitch2]

I still haven't seen that or the Elton John movie yet but I hear they both were watered down biopics

Elton John's shyt was terrible.

 

[Heavy_Handz]

His life is more of a trilogy


Can’t be properly told in 2-3 hours

A different actor for kid MJ, black MJ & white MJ

 

[FeverPitch2]

Michael was a superstar by age 11.
He was a working musician years before that.
You're covering 40 years of the most famous person on Earth.
2 hours aint gonna cut it. Mans life had so many layers.
It needs to be a mini-series.
There needs to be multiple actors like in American Dream.
Evan Ross is the only choice for Bad-This Is It Michael.

 

[Take It In Blood]

The Jacksons: An American Dream is the only biopic you'll ever need.

I would rather see a Jacksons documentary about their early days in Gary, Indiana and how that community played a role in their future success.

yeah i can't see anything ever being better than that film

 

[get these nets]

You're full of jokes,
but your name ain't Flex