New Michael Jackson Biopic Gets Delayed Once Again

The release date for the highly-anticipated Michael Jackson biopic Michaelis being pushed back. According to Deadline, the Antoine Fuqua-directed film is officially moving the global release date to April 24. In the movie, Jackson is played by his nephew, Jaafar Jackson, son of Michael’s older brother and former bandmate in The Jackson 5, Jermaine Jackson.

In 2023, Fuqua praised Jaafar and talked about his approach to telling the King of Pop’s story.

“It’s uncanny how much he’s like Michael,” Fuqua told EW regarding the younger Jackson. “Sounds like him, dances like him, sings. It’s really uncanny. Graham King, who is a fantastic producer, found him, and introduced him to me, and I was blown away.”

“Just to tell the facts as we know it, about the artist, about the man, about the human being. You know, the good, bad, and the ugly,” Fuqua went to say about his approach to the movie.

This is the third time that Michaelhas been delayed. The pic’s first release date was April 18, 2025, then October 3.

Rounding out the cast are Colman Domingo and Nia Long as Joe and Katherine Jackson; Larenz Tate as Berry Gordy; Laura Harrier as Suzanne de Passe; Miles Teller as attorney John Branca; Kat Graham as Diana Ross; Jessica Sula as La Toya Jackson; Liv Symone as Gladys Knight; Kendrick Sampson as Quincy Jones and Kevin Shinick as Dick Clark.