Lionsgate and Common have dropped the primary picture from Antoine Fuqua’s Michael, the extremely anticipated Michael Jackson biopic hitting theaters in 2025.
The photograph – see it under – reveals Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson in efficiency because the King of Pop performing “Man within the Mirror” from the legendary 1992-1993 Harmful Tour.
Photographer Kevin Mazur shot the picture.
Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in ‘Michael’ biopic
Kevin Mazur / Lionsgate
Mazur was one of many photographers who documented Michael Jackson, capturing rehearsals as he ready to entertain the world along with his “This Is It” live shows.
“After I arrived for my first day on the set of this film, I used to be so excited – it was like the primary time I went on tour to shoot Michael Jackson,” stated Mazur. “After I walked onto the set, I felt like I’d gone again in time and I used to be strolling into the stadium to shoot the tour. Seeing Jaafar carry out, I believed, ‘Wow, it’s Michael.’ The best way he appears and acts, his mannerisms, every little thing – he’s Michael Jackson. For anybody who didn’t have the prospect to see Michael carry out reside throughout his lifetime – that is the way it was.”
“With Jaafar, each look, each be aware, each dance transfer is Michael,” stated producer Graham King. “He embodies Michael in a means that no different actor might.”
Fuqua added, “Now we have assembled an unbelievable staff of artists for this venture – hair & make-up, costumes, cinematography, choreography, lighting, every little thing – and a few who knew and labored with Michael are reuniting for this movie. However most significantly, it’s Jaafar who embodies Michael. It goes past the bodily resemblance. It’s Michael’s spirit that comes via in a magical means. It’s a must to expertise it to consider it.”
Michael hits theaters on April 18, 2025. Oscar winner Graham King/GK Movies (Bohemian Rhapsody, The Aviator, The Departed) produces off of 3x Oscar nominee John Logan’s script. The film can also be produced by the co-executors of the Michael Jackson property, John Branca and John McClain. Lionsgate is distributing the movie stateside and in Japan, whereas Common Footage has it in all offshore territories.
