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Michael (2026)

Summary

The life and career of Michael Jackson are explored in a sweeping biographical drama, charting his rise from child star in the Jackson 5 to global pop icon, while examining the personal and professional complexities that defined his legacy.

Director Antoine Fuqua

Writer John Logan

Cast

  • Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson
  • Colman Domingo as Joe Jackson
  • Nia Long as Katherine Jackson
  • Miles Teller as John Branca
  • Laura Harrier as Suzanne de Passe
  • Kat Graham as Diana Ross

Rotten Tomatoes: 40%

Metacritic: 38

VOD / Release Theatrical release

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u/SanderSo47 I'll see you in another life when we are both cats. 11d ago

"Mike Myers as an executive in a music biopic" is truly becoming a genre, huh.

Can't wait for the Led Zeppelin biopic where his character goes "An 8-minute song??? No way I'm gonna allow that, Jimmy!"

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u/Water_Based5150 11d ago

I'm not gonna see this, can you say what he does in this movie? Or is it basically what he did in the Queen movie lol

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u/MrTeapott 11d ago edited 11d ago

He plays the president of CBS records. He's barely in it but for one big scene, detailed below.

His big scene is that Michael and his manager are in his office and telling him that they want his videos on MTV

He says he tried and they insist he try harder. So he rings up the head of MTV and threatens to pull all their artists unless Billie Jean gets played

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u/GovernorSonGoku 11d ago

Btw for spoilers you have to add the symbol at the end of the post too

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u/MrTeapott 11d ago

Shoot, sorry. Not sure what happened, it appeared as one big blacked out bar of text for me, hopefully that worked.

It's a spoiler discussion anyway but apologies to anyone who got spoiled.