Troubling reason Michael Jackson biopic's release date has been delayed by six months The hotly-anticipated Michael Jackson biopic had its release date delayed by six months due to legal issues over dramatizing sexual abuse accuser Jordan Chandler and his family.
The singer was never charged over the allegations - pictured 1992] In 1993 Chandler won a reported $23million settlement from Jackson after his father Evan Chandler launched accusations that MJ sexually abused him at the age of 13.
Michael, starring the King of Pop's nephew Jaafar Jackson, was originally set for release on April 18, 2025 but Lionsgate announced last November the film will hit theaters months later on Oct. 3, 2025.
Belloni writes: 'In the script I read – which I’m told was close to final, but obviously these things are often revised – a tense sequence involves Branca (Miles Teller), Johnnie Cochran (Derek Luke), and other Jackson lawyers discussing whether to pay off Chandler and his family.”.
Now Puck co-founder Matthew Belloni reports the film's storyline, the conclusion of which 'hinges specifically on the impact of the Chandler circus' will have to be rewritten and reshot.
