Lionsgate Shows Off Emotional, Intense First Look Of Michael Jackson Biopic ‘Michael’ At CinemaCon

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Producer Graham King showed up to close Lionsgate‘s CinemaCon session in a big way Wednesday, showing off an emotional first trailer for Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic that hits theaters on April 18, 2025. Director Antoine Fuqua still is shooting the movie, but a first-look clip was assembled.

“I’m looking forward to giving to the audience a thrill like they’ve never seen before,” King said.

He promised the film will cover Jackson’s career, his personal life, artistry and musical legacy.

“It is a story worthy of a cinematic presentation,” King said. “For the first time, fans and generations of moviegoers will come together to get an inside look into the most prolific artist who ever lived.”

King said the filmmakers had tried to “find the untold version of the story.”

“Michael Jackson was an enigma, full of eccentricities and … talent,” he said. He also was “simply a man who lived a very complicated life. The movie will get into all of it including over 30 songs spanning his career … his life on stage and his life out of the public eye.”

King also said this would be “a long feature film.”

Some of the footage shown to the exhibitor crowd today at the Caesars Colosseum appears to take place during the Off the Wall era as well as that of Bad — “Man in the Mirror” is a key song heard throughout. We also see the pop singer’s nephew Jaafar Jackson performing onstage as the King of Pop. At one point, his voice-over says, “When I’m not on stage, everything feels foreign to me.”

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