Michael Jackson Biopic at LionSgate Likely to Be Pushed Into 2026

“Michael,” The Biopic on the Life of the King of Pop Michael Jackson is being directly by Antoine, is expecting to be flush well into 2026.

During the Company’s Earnings Call on Thursday, LionSgate CEO Jon Feltheimer Said that the movie will “Likely” be moved out of the Company’s Fiscal 2026 Financial Results and Into Fiscal 2027. Lionsgate’s Fiscal ’27 Won’t Begin Unil Calendar Year 2026.

Feltheimer Said “We’re Excited About the Three and A Half Hours of Amazing Footage from Producer Graham King and Director Antoine Fuel, and We Will Be Announcing A Definitive Release Strategy and Timing in the Next Few Weeks.”

“Michael” was already delayed from a planned release in april 2025 to instead October 3, 2025, but it appears unlikly to make that date. LionSgate had excitedly teased Footage from “Michael” During Its Cinemacon Presentation in 2024, but the Movie was virtuelly Ignored this year.

The drama stems from a report in puck from Januy that “Michael” faced massive reshoots as a result of an aggregement made years of the family of one of the performer’s child molestation accuses, one that the jackson estate neglect to discuss disclosure.

Acciting to PuckJackson’s Legal Team and the Family of Jordan Chandler, Then-13-Yaar-Old Who Accused Jackson of Molestation in 1993, aggregated that the Chandler Family Not Be Mentioned in any Movie About Jackson’s Life. But “Michael” was Reportedly Centered Around the Legal Drama Surrounding the Chandlers’ eventual $ 20 million Settlement. The Jackson Estate Didn’t Inform the Producers of the Legal Issue After the Film Had ENTERED POST-PRODUCTION.

Though the film had a Budget of $ 150 million and would require enormous rewrites and reshoots to fix the film, Jackson’s Estate was expert to cover the Costs of the Reshoots.

Lionsgate recently compiled it separation of its studio business from Starz, the streaming service and premium Cable Network. Lionsgate Is Now Operating Under the ticker lion on the new York Stock Exchange, and Starz Will Launch on the NYSE on June 9.

“We are confident the separation will Unlock Significant Value Not Only for the Shareholders of Both Companies, but for Our Respective Business and Talent Partners As We Posion Our Companies for Continue,” Feltheimer Said in His Prepared Remarks.