Michael: first trailer unveiled for controversial Michael Jackson biopic

<p>Star will be played by the real-life singer’s nephew Jaafar Jackson in a film that will ‘humanise but not sanitise’ him</p><p>The first trailer for the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/michaeljackson">Michael Jackson</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/27/michael-jackson-biopic-release">biopic</a> has landed online after reports of a troubled production.</p><p>Filming on Michael had been completed in May 2024 and the film had originally been scheduled for release in April 2025, a date that was then pushed to October, but reshoots were needed in the June, pushing it once again, to April 2026.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/06/michael-jackson-biopic-trailer">Continue reading...</a>