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Kat Graham will play Diana Ross in the Michael Jackson biopic. The 34-year-old actress and singer is the latest star attached to appear in Antoine Fuqua's film about the King of Pop as the cast of 'Michael' continues to take shape. Kat will play the role of the iconic Supremes frontwoman, who was asked to introduce the Jackson 5 to the world and remained a constant influence on the 'Beat It' hitmaker. Larenz Tate has been cast at the Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, who helped redefine music by giving acts including the Jackson 5, Diana Ross and The Supremes and Stevie Wonder the platform t...
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That’s not Michael Jackson — that’s Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in the upcoming Hollywood movie about the King of Pop’s life, Michael. The film, which is being co-produced by Jackson’s estate, isn’t due in theaters until the summer of 2025, but the movie is now in production. The image is our first official look as Jackson — who is Michael Jackson’s nephew — as the famous pop star. The film also features Colman Domingo as Joe Jackson, Nia Long as Katherine Jackson, and Miles Teller as Jackson’s manager, John Branca. (The real Branca is also a producer of Michael.) Here is the full first ...
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Antoine Fuqua's Michael Jackson biopic is set for release in 2025. 'Michael' stars the icon's nephew Jaafar Jackson as the late King of Pop and is being released in the United States on April 18, 2025. Lionsgate have confirmed that production will begin on January 22 with producers including 'Bohemian Rhapsody's' Graham King and the co-executors of the Michael Jackson estate – John Branca and John McClain. Antoine previously revealed that the biopic will feature "the good, bad, and the ugly" of the 'Thriller' hitmaker's life and career – which saw him rise from child stardom with the Jackson 5...
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Denzel Washington is to play Hannibal in a new film. The 68-year-old Hollywood legend will reunite with Antoine Fuqua - who directed him in 2001 movie 'Training Day', for which Washington won an Oscar - for the upcoming Netflix production. As well as playing the ancient Carthaginian general - famous for riding an elephant into battle with the Romans - Washington will also produce the film alongside Fuqua, Erik Olsen and Adam Goldworm, according to Deadline. John Logan will pen the script, and Jeremy Lott and Frank Rodriguez Moll are to executive produce the movie. Hannibal commanded the forces...
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The upcoming Lionsgate biopic about Michael Jackson will star the late singer’s nephew, Jaafar Jackson, in the leading role. Director Antoine Fuquasays that the resemblance between the two relatives is “uncanny.” Jaafar is the 27-year-old son of Michael Jackson’s brother, Jermaine Jackson. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Fuqua praised Jaafar’s performance in the film Michael. “It’s uncanny how much he’s like Michael,” Fuqua said. “Sounds like him, dances like him, sings. It’s really uncanny. Graham King, who is a fantastic producer, found him and introduced him to me, and I wa...
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Antoine Fuqua thinks that fans of 'The Equalizer' love seeing Denzel Washington's hero Robert McCall dish out "justice" to bad guys. The 58-year-old director has directed the final installment of the vigilante trilogy and thinks that the Oscar-winning star is the main attraction for those who enjoy the franchise. Antoine told Smallzy's Surgery podcast: "They love seeing Denzel playing Robert McCall. He's an interesting character and people love seeing him deliver justice to bad guys." The latest movie is set in Sicily and Fuqua quipped that he wanted to make the project in a place where he cou...
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Denzel Washington almost turned down 'The Magnificent Seven'. Director Antoine Fuqua - who has worked with the 68-year-old actor on 'The Equalizer' trilogy after first teaming up on 2001's 'Training Day' - admitted selling his collaborator on the 2016 reboot wasn't an easy task. Speaking at Collider's IMAX screening event for 'The Equalizer 3', he remembered opening his pitch with: "So, the sun is coming up. This man on this black horse comes…" Fuqua recalled: "[Washington] goes, ‘Wait, what?’ I said, ‘A man on his horse,’ and Denzel’s like, ‘I’m not gonna get on a horse.’ [Laughs] "I said, ‘N...
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Antoine Fuqua struggled with shooting scenes for 'The Equalizer 3' on the streets of Naples, Italy. The director reunited with regular collaborator Denzel Washington to make the third film in the action series and they shot much of it on location in the Italian city - but Fuqua has admitted the shoot was hampered by bad weather which added to the problems of filming on real city streets. He told The Hollywood Reporter: "Shooting on the streets of Naples in that weather — that was challenging. It’s hard to shoot there ... This last one [movie] was the most difficult one. The streets of Naples a...
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Antoine Fuqua's Michael Jackson biopic will feature "the good, bad, and the ugly" of the pop icon. The 57-year-old director has given fans an insight into what they can expect from the eagerly-awaited biopic, revealing that it's his "next project". Asked about his ambitions for the biopic, Antoine explained to Collider that he hopes to provide "a better insight on Michael as an artist, as a human being - the good, bad, and the ugly - and let people decide for themselves on what they feel about Michael Jackson". Despite this, the project is currently on hold due to the ongoing writers' strike a...
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Denzel Washington could be de-aged for an origin story in 'The Equalizer' film franchise. The 68-year-old actor is reprising his role as vigilante ex-hitman Robert McCall in 'The Equalizer 3' and director Antoine Fuqua revealed that he contemplated using the AI technology in the new movie. Antoine told NME: "I definitely thought about it a lot. Especially now with the new technology and the AI and all of that kind of stuff... Is there a story to be told how (McCall) became this person – the younger version. "I've had the conversation with Richard Wenk (writer of all three 'The Equalizer' films...
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