EXCLUSIVE: Nia Long has inked with Artists First for representation. Long is next up portraying Katherine Jackson, matriarch to the Jackson musical family, in Lionsgate’s Michael Jackson biopic Michael. The movie, directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by John Logan and starring Jaafar Jackson and…

After nabbing a Golden Globe nomination for his starring turn in A24’s prison theater drama Sing Sing, Colman Domingo spoke with Deadline about his upcoming Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, films he’s directing on Sammy Davis Jr. and Nat King Cole, his mission as an artist at this stage of his…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate’s Antoine Fuqua directed Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, is moving out of next year’s Easter frame of April 18-20 and to Oct. 3, 2025. Universal is handling the overseas release of the movie which stars the King of Pop’s nephew, Jaafar Jackson, in the title role. In…

During a Hall H panel at Comic-Con on Friday, directors Antoine Fuqua and Roland Emmerich discussed everything from an “overbearing” James Cameron to Fuqua’s upcoming Michael Jackson biopic Michael and more. Emmerich didn’t mince words when asked about competing with Cameron for years to get a…

Tokyo-based Kino Films has struck a deal with Lionsgate and GK Films to distribute Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, in Japan. Lionsgate is releasing domestically, with Universal set to handle international markets, save Japan where Kino Films expects to release in 2025. The North American release is…

After lighting up CineEurope with a feast of tulips last year and then again the Caesars Colosseum at CinemaCon in April, Universal returned to Barcelona today with a presentation heavy on its upcoming two-part musical Wicked. The jam-packed show also highlighted its 30-strong film slate and…

The Michael Jackson biopic movie Michael, being directed by Antoine Fuqua from a script by John Logan, has been ramping up on the casting front since Deadline first broke the story of the project in January 2023. The film is underway on production ahead of an April 18, 2025 release date via Lionsgate and…

EXCLUSIVE: Derek Luke (Antwone Fisher) is the latest addition to Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic that Antoine Fuqua is directing for Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International, sources tell Deadline. The actor will play famed attorney Johnnie Cochran, who repped Jackson in a 1993 child…

Yes, this just happened — to big cheers. Producer Graham King showed up to close Lionsgate’s CinemaCon session in a big way Wednesday, showing off an emotional first trailer for Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic that hits theaters on April 18, 2025. Director Antoine Fuqua still is shooting…

The Michael Jackson biopic Michael from Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International has added seven in key roles: Larenz Tate (Power Book II: Ghost), Kat Graham (Black, White & Blue), Jessica Sula (Split), Liv Symone (Power Book III: Raising Kanan), Kendrick Sampson (Something from Tiffany’s)…

Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International have announced the eight actors set to portray members of the Jackson 5 — Jermaine, Marlon, Tito and Jackie — at various stages of their lives in the Michael Jackson biopic Michael. Jamal R. Henderson and Jayden Harville will play the respective…

Lionsgate and Universal have dropped the first image from Michael, Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic that hits theaters in 2025. The photo — see it in full below — shows Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson as the King of Pop performing "Man in the Mirror" from the legendary 1992-93 Dangerous…