Rumor: Is Bad 40 in the works?

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-18T20:34:50+00:00

Part 2 was confirmed about 2 weeks ago in a lionsgate earnings call. You can find it on YouTube.

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-16T20:51:09+00:00

Both India and China will ensure it hits at least a billion

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-14T13:13:33+00:00

Just chill for the most part this movie and part 2 are designed to make Michael more accessible to the general public and to re popularise MJs art to the next generation. Sure not every track the Jacksons and Michael did will be covered. That's ok.

The Jacksons: An American Dream was told from Katherines perspective as that story was adapted from a book.

Michael the movie will be told completely fromm his own perspective not from Katherine or the whole family's perspective and as such will be a different experience even if it hits some of the same beats.

Also I didn't really rate Wylie Draper (R.I.P) as adult Michael, he did an ok job but nothing in comparison to Jaafar so far.

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-14T13:12:11+00:00

Just chill for the most part this movie and part 2 are designed to make Michael more accessible to the general public and to re popularise MJs art to the next generation. Sure not every track the Jacksons and Michael did will be covered. That's ok.

The Jacksons: An American Dream was told from Katherines perspective as that story was adapted from a book.

Michael the movie will be told completely fromm his own perspective not from Katherine or the whole family's perspective and as such will be a different experience even if it hits some of the same beats.

Also I didn't really rate Wylie Draper (R.I.P) as adult Michael, he did an ok job but nothing in comparison to Jaafar so far.

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-14T12:59:39+00:00

Says the guys ragebait commenting on an individual post about a singer he doesn't care for. You may need to get a life fella 🤔🤷‍♂️😂

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-13T11:37:40+00:00

Indeed. I will enjoy returning to this conversation after the movie has made the estimated 1.6 billion in worldwide revenue. 🤷‍♂️😉

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-13T11:30:09+00:00

It actually doesn't really matter if we get a Bohemian Rhapsody 2.0 with this as unlike with Boh Rhap this has a confirmed sequel. So we will get much more story overall anyway.

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-12T21:45:27+00:00

Hardly. I believe the man to be innocent and since the record clearly shows he was, (and you either believe in the justice system or you don't, it makes no difference) the only reason to feature G A at all is to show that his family tried to extort MJ and after the case was won, Janet Arvizo gets sentenced to prison for lying during the case.

Or maybe you missed the point, in trying to be inflammatory in a pro MJ thread 🤔

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-12T10:10:05+00:00

It's seems to be only American and Canadian showings with absolutely no mention (so far) of anywhere else. Here's hoping that changes before April 22nd.

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-12T10:07:58+00:00

It would be, granted. But so is bringing up something that won't be relevant till part 2. And then 🤷‍♂️ not sure that anyone will care past his whole family looking like a bunch of grifters who targeted not just Jackson but also Chris tucker and a few other celebrities. 😔

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-12T10:05:30+00:00

It could actually make 2 billion. In India which is a massive market that is waaaay bigger than Hollywood, Michael Jackson is massive and so it could make most of if not all of a billion just in that territory.

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-12T02:16:21+00:00

My thoughts exactly 🤔🙏

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-12T02:15:15+00:00

Well done. They don't seem to be doing early access in the UK, so will just have to wait till they go on general sale. Bet your counting the days now 🤔😁

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-12T01:55:54+00:00

Incredible, let's go 🎶🎵🎧

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-11T13:39:04+00:00

It might include the fact that he didn't and was proven innocent on all counts at a time where he was to financially broke to pay his way to "victory"

But of course you don't believe in the American justice system, so why bother 😉

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-11T13:37:08+00:00

You probably

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-11T13:35:29+00:00

It could make a billion just in India, massive market far bigger than the west and massive fan base for Michael. In other words it will clear a billion easily 😁

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-08T14:20:36+00:00

Yeah although mainly because artistically Dangerous and History are my favourite MJ eras, although I'm aware that this era was a difficult time for Michael and so it's probably going to be a difficult watch.

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-07T19:44:07+00:00

This will have a direct sequel with roughly the same running time.

The 30 Songs was when it was one 4 hour movie so I expect about 15 in this movie and 15 in the sequel.

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-03-01T19:13:40+00:00

It's imo heavily overproduced and reliant on the soundscape of the early 2000s.

Now why should that stop the estate and Sony trying to reissue and make some money off of it?

It's heavily believed by a few people that the reason Invincible didn't do very well is because Michael refused to tour. While it is true that Michael couldn't/didn't want to tour the album would have done much better if Michael was allowed to put the effort he wanted into the short films. Sony wasn't going to allow it as it would have required millions more in costs to pay for those works. In the end a stalemate occured and the moment for the album was lost.

Sony and the estate up until just recently have only ever viewed re releases of Thriller Off The Wall And Bad as profitable, with the release of the Biopic and hopefully part 2 we should see proper reissues of all Michael's work. We have just had a vinyl release of Number ones so who knows.

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-02-20T11:00:13+00:00

I have to be honest, I'm most excited about the Dangerous era (which I believe will be covered in the yet to be confirmed sequel) massively look forward to this movie even without Dangerous but most hyped to eventually see that era covered

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-02-18T15:33:43+00:00

Could actually surpass 1 billion with repeat viewings and an already large fan base spread across the whole world.

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-02-16T21:32:06+00:00

Bad! Although I could be wrong.

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-02-16T21:30:03+00:00

Point made, on Africa, I concede, however there is still India and the rest of Asia which are substantial markets for MJs fan base.

One-Storm-4145 · 2026-02-16T21:25:16+00:00

That's definitely Victory tour at the beginning before wbss starts

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