{"id":8187,"date":"2026-08-08T15:27:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2026\/08\/08\/michael-jackson-sequel-targets-late-2027-release-lionsgate-confirms\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:27:56","slug":"michael-jackson-sequel-targets-late-2027-release-lionsgate-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2026\/08\/08\/michael-jackson-sequel-targets-late-2027-release-lionsgate-confirms\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson Sequel Targets Late 2027 Release, Lionsgate Confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Michael-Jackson-1200x675.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Lionsgate reveals a target release window for the Michael Jackson biopic sequel following the film\u2019s billion-dollar run.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Jackson\u2019s story is heading back to theaters, and Lionsgate just laid out when fans can expect it. Studio chairman Adam Fogelson told analysts on the company\u2019s Q1 earnings call that production on the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/tag\/michael-jackson\/\">Michael<\/a>\u201d sequel could begin by late 2026 or early 2027. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He projected a release window of late 2027 or the first half of 2028, calling those dates \u201croughly\u201d where things stand right now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fogelson made the comments during Thursday\u2019s call, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/tv-film\/michael-sequel-michael-jackson-biopic-start-filming-late-2026-1236311461\/\">according to Billboard\u2019s report on the earnings discussion<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director Antoine Fuqua previously told Deadline that a third of the footage shot for the first film never made the final cut and could be repurposed for the follow-up. That unused material reportedly extends beyond the Jordan Chandler allegations and into 1995, when public opinion on Jackson began to shift.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-white-color has-body-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-fe93af6ea8d9ad2174fab7057f1325c9 has-dark-background has-xxl-margin-top has-xxl-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"middle-content-engagement-single\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-black-background-color has-background has-dark-background has-sm-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has--lg-margin-top has--lg-margin-bottom\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-altfont wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-join-us\">Join Us <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-allhiphop-s-daily-news-service\">AllHipHop\u2019s Daily News Service<\/h2>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-sm-max-width wp-block-paragraph\">Delivering news to inboxes since 1999. We break it. They take it. Get it first, straight from AllHipHop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Antoine Fuqua Talks Michael Jackson Biopic, \u2018Training Day\u2019 &amp; Steelers w\/ Rich Eisen | Full Interview\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YeTz13Si09E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sequel is expected to pick up where the original left off, covering Jackson\u2019s post-Bad years through the 1990s and 2000s. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That stretch includes his marriage to Lisa Marie Presley, the controversial abuse allegations and trials that dominated headlines, and the aftermath of his 2009 death. The first film ended its story in 1988, right as Jackson launched the Bad tour, and closed with a \u201cHis Story Continues\u201d title card teasing more to come.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMichael\u201d has given Lionsgate every reason to keep going. The film crossed $1 billion worldwide, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/michael-highest-grossing-biopic-1235586035\/\">becoming the highest-grossing biopic in <\/a>box-office history, surpassing both Bohemian Rhapsody and Oppenheimer along the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fuqua has said he wants to direct the sequel again, though nothing is locked in yet. \u201cIt would kill me if somebody else did it,\u201d he told Deadline back in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fogelson cautioned that the studio isn\u2019t ready to share full details on casting, budget or story specifics just yet.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/news\/michael-jackson-sequel-targets-late-2027-release-lionsgate-confirms\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionsgate reveals a target release window for the Michael Jackson biopic sequel following the film\u2019s billion-dollar run. Michael Jackson\u2019s story is heading back to theaters, and Lionsgate just laid out when fans can expect it. Studio chairman Adam Fogelson told analysts on the company\u2019s Q1 earnings call that production on the \u201cMichael\u201d sequel could begin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}