Leaving Neverland CinemaContinuation, about Michael Jackson, gets debut date

The continuation of Leaving Neverland (2019), documentary of HBO on Michael Jacksonwill be released in the United Kingdom on March 18 this year, with the subtitle Surviving Michael Jacksoninformed the Variety.

The new production will have the reports of Wade Robson and James Safechuckwho claim to have been victims of sexual abuse of Jackson. The artist denied the accusations, as well as his estate.

This time, the HBO will not be involved in the project. The company lost a lawsuit against the estate of Jackson In 2019. the musician’s family claimed that the documentary violated a 27-year non-depreciation clause from a 1992-reception Dangerous World Tour.

According to the synopsis released by the distributor SPHERE ABACUSthe sequence – directed by Dan Reed – will deal with the “difficulty and twists of the journey” Robson and Safechuck in search of resolutions for your cases.

A third portion of the documentary, which will cover the judgment of Robson and Safechuck against the estate of Michael Jackson In 2026, it should still gain debut date.

In 2005, Jackson He was declared innocent of accusations of sexual abuse. Robson He witnessed in favor of the singer at the time, but argued that he was molested by the star in complaints made years later, already in adulthood.

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The release date of the Michael Jacksonentitled as Michaelwill be postponed because the third act of the film will need to be entirely rewritten, said the news site Puck (via NME).

According to Puckthe changes occurred due to the way the case of Jordan Chandler It was portrayed. In 1993, Evan Chandlerfather of Jordanaccused Michael Jackson to sexually abuse the son who was 13 years old at the time. The case was closed after the two parties agreed the year following the complaint.

Matthew Bellonico-founder of Pucksaid that the third act of the film “depends specifically on the impact of the circus around Chandler“.

“In the script I read – who told me to be close to the final version, although these things are often revised – a tense sequence involved White (Miles Teller), Johnnie Cochran (Derek Luke) and other lawyers of Jackson discussing whether they should pay Chandler And your family, “he said.

He continued: “In a moment, the lawyers reproduce the infamous recording, presented in the court, in which the father of Jordan threatens to use his son’s accusations to ‘destroy’ his ex-wife and the career of Jackson“.

“The following scenes dramatize the extensive police investigation, including a ‘traumatizing’ body search Michaelwhich marks him for the rest of his life, “he added.

Belloni further stated that the heirs of Jackson They signed an agreement that prohibits the dramatization of the case. Thus, therefore, much of what was recorded for the movie became “useless”.

Now, according to Bellonirefilling depend on the approval of Universal. He said, however, that the sources are “confident” and “hopeful”.