An accuser's story frames the script for Lionsgate's "Michael" - but according to a Puck report, the filmmakers didn't know the Jackson estate made a deal years ago to exclude him from any movie representation.

The film Michael reportedly shapes itself around Jordan Chandler's 1993 molestation accusations against Jackson, which his team legally agreed to never dramatize in film

This October, the Michael Jackson biopic Michael is scheduled to open in theaters, and it’s probably going to be a big deal. The film, which has been in the works for years, has already wrapped production.

There are a lot of moving pieces that go into making something as massive as director Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic. Unfortunately for all involved in this 2025 movie, what could be considered the greatest stumbling block for the picture has cropped up after the project has wrapped shooting.

The team behind an upcoming big-budget Michael Jackson biopic is racing to rewrite, reshoot, and re-edit the film’s third act after they discovered it violated a decades-old agreement with one of Jackson’s underage accusers.