Sep 3, 2026 · 50 min · 18 segments
Michael Jackson is a complicated figure in culture -- which means that Jess/Andrew are truly the only podcasters with enough tact to even touch this figure right. This week we're taking a look at the…
So Michael is a film directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by John Logan, the writer of Sweeney Todd, the Tim Burton film, Alien Covenant, and your favorite film, Rango.
It is based on the life and career of Michael Jackson, covering his childhood with the Jackson 5 in the 50s through the Bad World Tour in the late 1980s.
Well, actually, the movie acknowledges that some things may happen after that because his story does continue.
The film was originally scheduled for October 3rd, 2025, but was delayed to April of 2026 due to ridiculous reasons.
It grossed $1.021 billion worldwide, making it the highest grossing biographical film of all time and the first biopic to reach $1 billion, as well as the highest grossing Lionsgate film and third highest grossing film of 2026 as of this recording.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received generally negative reviews from critics who praised Jafar Jackson's performance but criticized the story as sanitized.
The film follows the early life of Michael Jackson from his childhood performing with the Jackson 5 in Gary, Indiana through the recording of the Off the Wall and Triumph Tour to the Bad World Tour in the late 1980s.
The film ends in 1988, more than 20 years before Jackson's death in 2009, after the third act was completely reworked at the last minute.
It felt like a movie that didn't have much going on around the ending at all, you know? So, I mean, I suppose, yeah, that would be the answer there.
i've peeked at the original screenplay i've been following the production of this the original way this film opened was the raid on neverland ranch for the first child molestation case puffy boy says as their review of it uh i've seen less glazing at a crispy cream donut um hard hard to disagree with that um and then we flashback from that moment to um basically the story um and then we end there and that's kind of where the movie ended was the third act of that court case however halfway through filming um Not even halfway through.
So Michael is a film directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by John Logan, the writer of Sweeney Todd, the Tim Burton film, Alien Covenant, and your favorite film, Rango.
It is based on the life and career of Michael Jackson, covering his childhood with the Jackson 5 in the 50s through the Bad World Tour in the late 1980s.
Well, actually, the movie acknowledges that some things may happen after that because his story does continue.
The film was originally scheduled for October 3rd, 2025, but was delayed to April of 2026 due to ridiculous reasons.
It grossed $1.021 billion worldwide, making it the highest grossing biographical film of all time and the first biopic to reach $1 billion, as well as the highest grossing Lionsgate film and third highest grossing film of 2026 as of this recording.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received generally negative reviews from critics who praised Jafar Jackson's performance but criticized the story as sanitized.
The film follows the early life of Michael Jackson from his childhood performing with the Jackson 5 in Gary, Indiana through the recording of the Off the Wall and Triumph Tour to the Bad World Tour in the late 1980s.
The film ends in 1988, more than 20 years before Jackson's death in 2009, after the third act was completely reworked at the last minute.
It felt like a movie that didn't have much going on around the ending at all, you know? So, I mean, I suppose, yeah, that would be the answer there.
i've peeked at the original screenplay i've been following the production of this the original way this film opened was the raid on neverland ranch for the first child molestation case puffy boy says as their review of it uh i've seen less glazing at a crispy cream donut um hard hard to disagree with that um and then we flashback from that moment to um basically the story um and then we end there and that's kind of where the movie ended was the third act of that court case however halfway through filming um Not even halfway through.
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