First part film scheduled for 2026 already has behind -the -scenes drama, with a family member accusing one of the actors of lying in a recent statement
Paris Jackson countered Colman Sunday for defining it as “useful” during the production of Michael Jackson directed by ANTOINE FUQUA. The singer’s daughter said her observations about the work, Michaelthey were ignored and that the movie about their father is full of inaccuracies and “blatant lies.”
In several posts on Instagram Stories, Paris has distanced himself from biography, whose first part is scheduled for April 2026 (a release date has not yet been announced for the second part). Paris said he read one of the first drafts of the scripts and passed on notes “about what was dishonest/did not fit well.” “When they did not approach the subject, I followed my life. It’s not my circus,” he added.
The artist also felt compelled to speak about the film after Sunday – who plays the controversial Patriarch of the Jackson family, Joe – Made some apparently innocuous comments about her involvement with Michael At a charity party during the Venice Film Festival. Sunday thanked Paris and his brother, Prince, for his orientation, saying, “They support our movie a lot” and that Paris was “very helpful” during production. Paris was also present at the event.
After Sunday’s comments were noted, Paris responded directly to him on Instagram Stories: “Don’t tell people that I was ‘useful’ on the set of a movie where I had 0% involvement, laughs, this is very strange.” A Sunday representative did not immediately return a request for comment.
But Paris concentrated his dissatisfaction especially in the movie itself. She said that after her notes about the script were ignored, she decided to put the movie “aside” because it’s not her project.
About the veracity of the feature, she seemed to go straight to her father’s fans, adding incisively:
“A big reason why I haven’t said anything so far is because I know that many of you will be happy [com o filme]. Like, a large part. The film approaches a very specific part of my father’s fans who still lives in fantasy. And they will be happy with that. ”
“It’s Hollywood”
Mentioning other great biographical films, such as the movie Bohemian Rhapsodyfrom Queen and Freddie Mercuryand the adaptation of The Dirtfor the Mötley CrüeParis said:
“The problem with these biographical films is that it’s Hollywood. It’s the land of fantasy. It’s not real. But it’s sold as real.”
She suggested that the same thing was happening to the movie Michael:
“The narrative is being controlled. And there is a lot of inaccuracy and lots of blatant lies. In the end, it doesn’t please me. I really don’t like dishonesty. I manifested, I wasn’t heard, so I did. You’ll like the movie P#
Paris offered no specific example of what she thought was wrong with the movie or the representation of her father. A representative of Lionsgatethe film’s producer, also did not immediately return a comment request. And despite Paris’s concerns, the work has the support of Jackson’s estate.
The movie about Michael Jackson
Michaelthe film, faced numerous delays and controversies throughout its troubled production. Filming initially ended in May 2024, but the original release date, April 2025, was postponed to October 2025, after 22 days of refilling. After this date, the latest release, April 2026, was announced more recently.
According to reports, the remakes focused on the third act of the film, which would deepen the accusations of child sexual abuse against Jackson. But the feature film would have violated a legal agreement between the representatives of Jackson and Jordan Chandlerthen 13, who accused Jackson of sexual abuse in 1993 and later received a $ 20 million agreement. This agreement also stipulated that Chandler’s story and personality could not be dramatized in a movie about Jackson.
Currently, the first half of Michael focuses on the early days of Jackson’s career, since his time at Jackson 5 until your decision to pursue a solo career after the launch of OFF THE WALL In 1979. The second film would address the rest of the POP King’s career, although his third act probably around the accusations Jackson faced.
In Michael, he will star in Jackson’s nephew Jackson in the lead role. Besides Sunday as Joe Jacksonthe cast includes LARENZ TATE as the founder of Motown Records, Berry Gordy; Laura Harrier like the musical executive Suzanne de Pass; and Kat Graham as Diana Ross.
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Source: Rollingstone
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