After the success of Bohemian Rhapsody, producer Graham King is looking into a film retracing the life of the “King of Pop”, Michael Jackson.
Pop stars have never been so popular in the cinema. After Freddie Mercury, Elton John and soon David Bowie, with the movie Stardust, it’s Michael Jackson’s turn to go through the biopic box. Graham King, producer of Bohemian Rhapsody and Martin Scorsese’s Aviator, has secured the rights to adapt the singer’s life on the big screen. The entire musical catalog of the star has also been acquired for the soundtrack of the feature film. In the script, it is John Logan, Oscar nominee for Aviator and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, who will have the heavy task of retracing the five decades of the “king of pop”.
This project, carried by the production company GK Films (Argo, Blood Diamond, World War Z), will not be “a sanitized version” of the fate of Michael Jackson, as reported by the American media Deadline. Died at the age of 50 on June 25, 2009, the star with 350 million albums sold was recently the subject of the controversial documentary Leaving Neverland, by Dan Reed. The film returned to the testimonies of two men who explained that they had been sexually abused by the pop star during their childhood. Following this documentary, the singer’s family is claiming the sum of 100 million dollars from the HBO channel, which recently appealed.
The biopic produced by Graham King is not attached to any studio at the moment and does not yet have a release date.
Check out the trailer for “Bohemian Rhapsody”:
