A big, splashy, stupid biopic about an ’80s pop superstar hit theaters last month. It was called Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, and I saw it. But we were supposed to get two big, splashy, stupid biopics about ’80s pop superstars in October. For a very long time, Training Day director Antoine Fuqua has been hard at work on the Michael Jackson movie Michael, with Michael’s nephew Jaafar Jackson in the titular role. Thanks to a ton of expensive problems that honestly should’ve been very preventable, the film didn’t make it into theaters on its announced release date. Instead, Michael is now due to arrive next April, and we’re getting our first look at it today.

Jaafar Jackson moonwalks a mile in his uncle’s shoes in the first teaser trailer for Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic. The film is out in 2026, after legal issues regarding the depiction of 1993 child-molestation accusations led to reshoots.

The first trailer has been released for the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic, Michael – check it out below. 

Watch the first teaser for the Michael Jackson biopic 'Michael,' opening in theaters April 24, 2026.

Lionsgate has dropped the first trailer for Antoine Fuqua ’s upcoming biopic Michael , giving fans a first look at the cinematic journey that aims to capture the life and legacy of Michael Jackson. The teaser will make its theatrical debut ahead of Now You See Me: Now You Don’t , setting

The trailer for the Michael Jackson biopic, starring his nephew Jaafar Jackson, has been released.

The first teaser for Michael, Lionsgate’s long-awaited Michael Jackson biopic, is here. Jaafar Jackson, the nephew of the late singer, has been thrust into the spotlight in a highly condensed origi…

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