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Director Antoine Fuqua is hinting at the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic he is set to direct and expresses his amazement at the incredible resemblance between the lead actor and the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.
Jaafar Jackson, the son of Michael’s brother Jermaine Jackson, will portray the legendary singer in the Lionsgate biopic. “It’s uncanny how much he’s like Michael,” Fuqua told EW in a recent interview. “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.”
While the film is currently on hold due to the writers and actors strike, Fuqua mentioned that the biopic will recount Michael’s story “as we know it” and will address some of the controversies the singer was involved in during his lifetime.
“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 added.
Michael will be directed by Fuqua with a script from John Logan. Graham King is set as a producer, who was behind the Freddy Mercury Queen story of Bohemian Rhapsody. GK Films will produce alongside the co-executors of Jackson’s estate, John Branca and John McClain.
