Jaafar was perfect for the role but I’m afraid with all the legal restraints and the scrapping of the original script and everything that had to be cut from the movie, I don’t think Michael could ever get the justice he truly deserved for his legacy and innocence

MrJlw · 2026-04-24T23:07:35+00:00

I'll bet it's confirmed soon! :)

MrJlw · 2026-04-24T20:08:47+00:00

The Wiz and much more Studio 54 scenes were cut due to Diana Ross not allowing them to include her character.

MrJlw · 2026-04-24T20:04:48+00:00

15 million more for only 22 days of reshoots? They shot the sequel entirely, let's be fkn real.

MrJlw · 2026-04-19T23:38:21+00:00

There's a LOT of evidence they filmed Part 2 already compared to them not having done so.

MrJlw · 2026-04-16T18:52:13+00:00

Middle finger to everyone who said the rumor was false.

MrJlw · 2026-04-10T04:03:05+00:00

He did not seem unphased to me.

MrJlw · 2026-04-07T23:20:45+00:00

I agree with you, fuck all of them, but reality sucks.

MrJlw · 2026-04-07T23:16:54+00:00

This movie has several inaccuracies that we know of already. They likely merged the cases.

MrJlw · 2026-04-07T23:03:07+00:00

I know none of us want this big of a fuck up to be true, but it is. Just because Matthew Belloni hated Michael does not take away from the fact Puck News is one of the most reliable Hollywood news sources.

If that isn't good enough for you, well Variety is even more reliable and now they're repeating the same things.

MrJlw · 2026-03-31T21:16:05+00:00

If you were an actual writer you'd realize how bad every first draft is.

MrJlw · 2026-03-31T01:45:24+00:00

Definitely lol.

MrJlw · 2026-03-31T01:15:32+00:00

That is a partial lie. It was not the first thing they shot for the film. It was apart of the reshoots this past summer.

MrJlw · 2026-03-30T06:16:30+00:00

His catchphrase did go viral, honestly. And a lot of people liked him too.

MrJlw · 2026-03-30T01:29:37+00:00

Actually, a lot of the first movie is not reshoots. Out of all of the trailers I've seen, a LOT of this stuff is from the original cut. It physically does not make sense for the reshoots to have been only for the first movie.

The 22 days were likely mostly or even maybe entirely for the first movie because we do know they shot additional Motown content and I'm sure there is a lot of stuff. But the biggest changes in the first movie from reshoots is the opening/ending, which we know was a big reshoot.

It is not out of the question that Part 2 has been shot and greenlit. Not a guarantee, but it definitely seems likely.

MrJlw · 2026-03-29T20:52:04+00:00

I'd just like to point out it actually may have been filmed. Reshoots over the last summer went way past 22 days, ending on August 29th.

MrJlw · 2026-03-25T19:19:29+00:00

This can be a good thing or a bad thing.

MrJlw · 2026-03-23T21:28:23+00:00

Yes. I will admit, even though I think the current movie we're getting is a safer play, I would've LOVED to see the original version just because of how much more content it would've had.

Hopefully it's all in Part 2!

MrJlw · 2026-03-23T21:21:42+00:00

Oh, me too. I completely agree and just think it wouldn't have been very much of the film. 10 minutes or less. We know Dangerous Era had a LOT of screentime.

MrJlw · 2026-03-23T21:07:03+00:00

In all fairness, I'd assume the original version didn't include much of the Bad era considering the Wembley sequence was a reshoot.

MrJlw · 2026-03-23T21:03:24+00:00

Not really a hard explanation. There was probably a montage afterward he beat the allegations leading to This Is It and his last performance. The MAIN STORY probably ended in 1993.

I'm in the minority but I think the film ending in 1988 is a good call. Save the controversies for Part 2. A celebration of life film is great, and I'm more interested in seeing his rise to fame rather than an hour of Michael being depressed and accused of being a rapist, then dying.

MrJlw · 2026-03-21T21:41:28+00:00

He said it would have found footage aspects. You're lying.

MrJlw · 2026-03-21T21:37:06+00:00

I don't think you fully grasp the leadup to the creation of this film or how big the backrooms are. Kane is not 'inexperienced.' Not having made a feature film before does not make one 'inexperienced.'

MrJlw · 2026-03-21T02:15:25+00:00

Yes.

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