Michael Jackson Biopic ‘Michael’ Release Date Delayed

Lionsgate have introduced that Michael, its Michael Jackson biopic from director Antoine Fuqua, is now slated to hit theaters in large launch on Oct. 3, 2025.

The function is shifting again by six months from its beforehand deliberate launch on April 18, 2025.

Starring within the title position is Jaafar Jackson, who’s the nephew of the late pop celebrity, whereas Nia Lengthy, Laura Harrier, Miles Teller and Colman Domingo spherical out the forged. Fuqua helms from a script by John Logan for the undertaking that counts Graham King, John Branca and John McClain as producers.

Lionsgate has additionally set its comedy Good Fortune for large theatrical launch on Oct. 17, 2025. Author-director Aziz Ansari stars within the movie alongside Seth Rogen, Keke Palmer, Sandra Oh and Keanu Reeves. Ansari, Anthony Katagas and Alan Yang function producers.

Good Fortune facilities on a well-intentioned however barely clueless angel (Reeves), who intervenes within the lives of a pissed off gig employee (Ansari) and a profitable enterprise capitalist (Rogen).

Throughout a San Diego Comedian-Con panel in July, Fuqua spoke about his progress on Michael, explaining that he was within the means of modifying the movie on the time.

“Why I needed to make it’s, Michael,” the filmmaker stated. “Michael was a giant a part of my life rising up, large affect on my profession, an unimaginable artist — however he was a human being, and we’re exploring that. I’m very enthusiastic about it.”

Footage from Michael was shared at CinemaCon in April, the place King revealed that the film will embody 30 songs and have a prolonged run time, with a purpose to do justice to Jackson’s story.

Jackson’s impression on the Billboard charts is unparalleled. He achieved 13 Billboard Sizzling 100 number-one singles as a solo artist, with 30 of his songs reaching the highest 10. His album Thriller set quite a few data, spending 37 non-consecutive weeks at primary on the Billboard Prime LPs & Tapes chart from 1983 to 1984 and have become the primary album to supply seven Sizzling 100 high 10 singles.

Jackson can also be the one artist to have high 10 hits on the Sizzling 100 throughout 5 consecutive many years (Nineteen Seventies–2010s). In 1983, he made historical past by concurrently topping Billboard’s Pop and R&B Album and Singles charts for six consecutive weeks.

Following his demise in 2009, Jackson achieved one other unprecedented feat when three of his albums claimed the highest three positions on Billboard’s Prime Pop Catalog Albums and Prime Complete Albums charts concurrently.