Update with More News on Michael: LionSgate film Chief Adam Fogelson Confirmed the Company is Exploring Splloring Its Michael Jackson Biopic Ino Two Films.
“At the end, we do look at the music library, will you look at what Michael Jackson was able to deliver in terms of music and controls to art, whereer or not that can be fit into one movie compably or not is a question we are absolutely ascing,” he said on a Call. earnings. “We’ll Be Ready to Answer more specifically in the Coming Weeks.”
He was responding to a question on why the film has been delayed by an analyst who notd the three and half hour Cut references by CEO felthimer in opening remarks.
“Any Number of the Bigger Motion Pictures over the Last or 20 years have had first cuts of movies that well in excess and a half -hours,” Fogelson Said. “And when ion mentioned the footage, it was a cut, it was an accumulation of Scenes that we’ve seen.”
Previously: Lionsgate Studios is Moving the Release of Anticipated Biopic Michael from this fall into its fiscal 2027 but didn’t give a new text date. That means is at a year or more away. The Company’s Fiscal Year 2026 Just Started in April.
“In regard to our Michael Jackson Biopic, we’re excited about the 3½ hours of Amazing Footage from Producer Graham King and Director Antoine Fuer, and we will be announcing a definet release and timing in the next few weeks. Michael Out of the Fiscal Year Which Will Impact Fiscal ’26 Financial Results But Will Bolster An Already Strong Fiscal 27 Slate, ”Said Ceo Felthimer on a Conference Call with Financial Analysts AFTER Quarterly Earnings.
They were the Company’s first as a standalone after splitting with Starz Earlier this month.
Michael Was first set for April and Most Recently for Oct. 3, althouough it didn’t seem likes it was time. Deadline Reported Out of Cinemacon Last Month That Given the Length of the Cut the Film Be Split Two Movies, Although there was nothing definitive.
LionSgate didn’t show footage for Michael at the event. The film whic stars Jackson’s nephew and Jermaine Jackson’s Son Jaafar Jackson in the Title Role. Colman Domingo Play Joe Jackson and Nia Long Is Katherine Jackson.
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