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Inside the ‘Michael’ Overhaul: $15 Million Reshoots, Removing Child Abuse Allegations and What’s in Store for Sequels

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Inside the ‘Michael’ Overhaul: $15 Million Reshoots, Removing Child Abuse Allegations and What’s in Store for Sequels
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Inside the ‘Michael’ Overhaul: $15 Million Reshoots, Removing Child Abuse Allegations and What’s in Store for Sequels
'Michael' underwent reshoots that cost $10 million or more in order to scrap an original ending that included the child abuse allegations against him.
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RedHeadedSicilian52 5 days ago +14
It’s sort of insane to me, matters of taste aside, that they’d essentially completed the film without having double-checked to see whether they were legally permitted to depict certain aspects of Jackson’s life. Like, you’d imagine that would’ve been checked before the screenplay was even drafted.
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lunatic_minge 5 days ago +4
money money money money money money money
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RaisinWorried3528 5 days ago +170
This is like watching the Jeffrey Dahmer story but they don't talk about all the people he killed and ate.
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deschain_19195 5 days ago +42
The movie is being funded partially by the Jackson estate. Part of the settlement Jackson had with the victims was he could never profit off the allegations.
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_BreadDenier 5 days ago +43
The MJ estate has been actively trying to scrub all abuse allegations from public consciousness.
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JayTL 5 days ago +5
It’s actually an accuser who demanded the changes
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_BreadDenier 5 days ago +2
I don’t care, he did it.
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Asluckwouldnthaveit 5 days ago +2
They will mostly win eventually.
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Kind-Masterpiece-310 5 days ago +11
*Profit off the allegations*… oh man, Michael would be MAGA if he were still alive.
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PartyPaul-100 5 days ago +11
No he loved all nations no way in hell he would support that orange faced b****
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mg10pp 5 days ago +2
That's the most idiotic thing I've read all month, have you no shame in being so stupid?
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bindersfull-ofwomen 5 days ago +7
I highly doubt that.
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JPCRam310 5 days ago +7
Ikr. Especially since Michael has stated multiple times that he was proud to be Black.
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Aristarchus1981 5 days ago +19
Vitiligo is something you can research
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Plenty-Body6685 5 days ago +6
Vitiligo is something you cannot change. He did use cream tho to hurry up the whiteness cause he wouldve had spots all over his face/arms if he didn’t. One thing the cream does is making your skin look like its transparent.
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JPCRam310 5 days ago +5
Just because he took pics with Trump, doesn’t mean he was BFFs with him. Especially with everything Trump has said about Black people in general over the years.
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_AmericasSweetheart_ 5 days ago +13
MJ was friends with Kathy Hilton and she's racist as shit.
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RaisinWorried3528 5 days ago +6
There are prominent black celebrities who support Trump openly.
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Riderz__of_Brohan 5 days ago +6
Didn’t Tiger Woods just call him after his DUI lol
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beanlikescoffee 5 days ago +18
Yea I don’t have any interest in the movie were it actively erases the enormous elephant in the room.
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-Nightopian- 5 days ago -4
I disagree Dahmer is only known for his crimes so that's all people are interested in seeing. Jackson had a long career in the public eye before the allegations so there is enough material to fill a movie.
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Angelo-31 5 days ago -8
jeffrey dahmer wasnt mainly known for music, michael jackson was, and most people only really care about the positive stuff
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luigiamarcella 5 days ago +5
Yeah the Dahmer comparison here is crazy. Don’t take this as me defending Jackson or the decisions made on this movie. But Dahmer is not known for anything other than his crimes. You literally couldn’t make a movie anyone would want to see about his life without that. Just an odd comparison. It would be more like making a Woody Allen biopic without the Farrow accusations.
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Angelo-31 5 days ago -1
from a marketing point though, nobody is lining up for a woody allen movie the same way they are for a movie about the king of pop
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luigiamarcella 5 days ago
Yeah but they would line up for a Woody Allen movie before a movie about a random nobody living in Wisconsin just hanging out and not killing anyone.
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RaisinWorried3528 5 days ago +3
The positive stuff doesn't erase child endangerment and child abuse. Sure, maybe Michael never touched them, but he got in their heads and he changed who they were as children and who they were going to be as adults. He knew exactly what kind of power and privilege he had and he abused it. Michael Jackson is a f****** creep and it doesn't matter what he gave the world, he was a f****** creep. It's always the same people defending him too.
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Stillwater-Scorp1381 5 days ago +5
A biopic that omits factual events?! You’re kidding me…
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Algae_Mission 5 days ago +34
You can’t make a movie about the life of Michael Jackson, however brilliant an entertainer and artist he was, without addressing the child molestation allegations that were made against him. That’s disingenuous. It would be like making a movie about Henry Ford or Charles Lindbergh without addressing their extensive antisemitism.
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One_Froyo505 5 days ago +2
These are serious accusations that have destroyed his life and beyond, but they must first be proven to historically substantiate them. A complete failure! For MJ fans, it's over to take this ridiculous media show for money seriously; how long it will take the rest to do so is debatable.
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ilovebooks2468 5 days ago +2
I'm also convinced Charles Lindbergh killed his own son
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Algae_Mission 5 days ago +9
Personally, I don’t believe that, but yeah. Glossing over people’s lives is a disservice both to the people in question and to the people who were affected by them.
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_BreadDenier 5 days ago +2
Eric Clapton moment
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Sea2Chi 5 days ago +5
One thing I loved about the Weird Al movie is they joked about how they're probably just as accurate as other movies that follow famous musicians career's, they're just more open about making a lot of it up. I really hope nobody goes to see these types of movies expecting non-fiction. It's entertainment first and foremost as told by an extremely unreliable narrator who has an interest in portraying themselves in the best light possible.
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EliteJoz 5 days ago +5
Sequels? I'm not even watching the first one who gives a shit about documenting someone's life if you're not gonna do it accurately?
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account009988 5 days ago +27
The movie made to rewrite his story. Those poor kids
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simpleflavors1 5 days ago +3
Why do we need sequels 🙄
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VampireHunterAlex 5 days ago +6
What’s wild is that from the initial allegations to his death was 16 years (1993-2009), this June marks 17 years since he passed.
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DarkMillSouth 5 days ago +5
The reason for the removal is interesting if true. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was just a way for the Jackson estate to say they wanted to tell the full story but couldn’t legally. Either way I’m just happy it’s getting released soon so I can stop seeing the god awful trailer before every f****** movie I go to.
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RedHeadedSicilian52 5 days ago +4
No, it seems like they verifiably blew a bunch of money on unusable footage, verifiably prompting reshoots.
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jayne-eerie 5 days ago +10
I sincerely hope this bombs hard.
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PartyPaul-100 5 days ago -3
Sucks to be you because that shit ain’t happening
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_BreadDenier 5 days ago +7
People will glaze this movie even if it sucks.
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jayne-eerie 5 days ago +5
I’ve been disappointed before, I can just quietly judge people paying to see it.
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PartyPaul-100 5 days ago -8
Well let me ask you this why did the Chandlers sue him civilly if it wasn’t about the money? Like if someone is doing this to your child you keep fighting until you put that man under the jail
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Clayp2233 5 days ago +10
A grown man slept in the same bed as little boys regularly and you’re still defending, pathetic. Civil is easier to win in court than criminal. He said she said won’t win in a criminal r*** case with MJs level of lawyers.
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PartyPaul-100 5 days ago -2
Watch [square one](https://youtu.be/ZxNDb2PVcoM?si=ROWMSbOl9y110HCN) and [leaving Neverland the aftermath](https://youtu.be/2hkNPmpudpc?si=F_J9EvyP777WtEVI)
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One_Froyo505 5 days ago -2
Wait a minute, it was MJ's friends who defended him and called his behavior towards them innocent. As adults, of course. That was the public version and the version presented in court. Almost every plaintiff did that. It's easier to win in civil court, and the amount at stake is $613 million. It's pathetic to believe this media blackmail.
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natasmit 5 days ago +5
in other words its a biopic that whitewashes reality. I think we are getting sick of lies and make believe propaganda. I will still dance to MJ at weddings though.
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Character-Bottle7291 5 days ago -2
To be fair, Michael “whitewashed” himself, so makes sense lol
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PartyPaul-100 5 days ago -1
For anyone who really wants to know the truth about these allegations listen to [Mary A. Fischer](https://youtu.be/UIxU3cWkqW0?si=6Qd7aA4SyzC_cFrX)
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Sliver80 5 days ago +1
So you just believe everything the tabloids say it just don't want to do [research ](https://themichaeljacksonallegationsblog.wordpress.com/)
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[deleted] 5 days ago +1
And no Michael’s race issues.
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crimsonjester 5 days ago -3
so you are saying it was white washed.... seems appropriate.
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