Jaafar Jackson, the son of Michael Jackson’s older brother, Jermaine Jackson, will play the lead role.
The late pop singer Michael Jackson will be portrayed by his 26-year-old nephew, Jaafar Jackson, in the biographical movie Michael, the Lionsgate studio said on Monday .
Production will start this year and the film will be directed by Antoine Fuqua and produced by Graham King, who both said that Jaafar Jackson had a natural ability to emulate his uncle and bring him to life. In 2005, Jackson was acquitted by a California jury in the sex abuse case involving a 13-year-old boy.
In 2020, a California appeals court ruled that the two men could pursue their claims through a lawsuit. The Jackson family denied those accusations and the Michael Jackson estate won its appeal that year.
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