Michael Jackson the movie

[andrews]

The dance rehearsal footage of Michael Jackson's planned O2 concerts is being turned into a movie.
Sony won the rights to the 80 hours of film footage after bidding over £50 million.

High School Musical's Kenny Ortega directed the footage and is now working on assembling the pieces for a theatrical release.
It's rumoured that some of the musical set pieces that Jackson was working on included a 3D alternate version of Thriller.
As well as the new footage, expect plenty of Jackson's old hits as Sony Music Entertainment hold the rights to the late singer's songs.


I think that this one will be very popular with a great many people. This man had an immense following, globally. He was an entertainer of the highest calibre. I wonder how the film will turn out? I hope they do justice to his musical achievements. He deserves that.

[Cortone]

Not sure that this is the right place to post this, but France 24 have said:

"Michael Jackson's death caused by lethal levels of powerful anaesthetic, LA medical examiner says "

Not showing yet (as I post) on google alerts...

Well... this will add to the drama of the movie...

[Cortone]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... -show.html

L.A. County coroner's officials found lethal levels of the powerful anesthetic propofol after examining Michael Jackson's body, according to a search warrant affidavit unsealed today in Houston.

According to the search warrant, Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, told detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department that he had been treating Jackson for insomnia for about six weeks. He had been giving Jackson 50 milligrams of propofol every night using an intravenous line, according to the court records.

But Murray told detectives that he feared Jackson was forming an addiction and began trying to wean the pop star off the drugs. He lowered the dosage to 25 milligrams and mixed it with two other sedatives, lorazepam and midazolam. On June 23, two days before Jackson's death, he administered those two medications and withheld the propofol.

On the morning Jackson died, Murray tried to induce sleep without using propofol, according to the affidavit. He said he gave Jackson valium at 1:30 a.m. When that didn't work, he said, he injected lorazepam intravenously at 2 a.m. At 3 a.m., when Jackson was still awake, Murray administered midazolam.

Over the next few hours, Murray said he gave Jackson various drugs. Then at 10:40 a.m., Murray administered 25 milligrams of propofol after Jackson repeatedly demanded the drug, according to the court records.

[Updated at 12:45 p.m.: Although Murray acknowledged to police that he administered propofol, authorities said they could find no evidence that he had purchased, ordered or obtained the medication under his medical license or Drug Enforcement Administration tracking number. However, police detectives saw about eight bottles of propofol in the house along with other vials and pills that had been prescribed to Jackson by Dr. Murray, Dr. Arnold Klein and Dr. Allan Metzger.

Other drugs that were confiscated in the search included valium, tamsulosin, lorazepam, temazepam, clonazepam, trazodone and tizanidine. They also found propofol in Murray’s medical bag. Murray told detectives that he was not the first doctor to administer the powerful anesthetic to Jackson.

At least two unidentified doctors gave Jackson propofol in Germany. Between March and April 2009, Murray said he called Las Vegas doctor David Adams at Jackson’s request to arrange for Adams to administer propofol. Murray said he was present at a cosmetologist’s office, where Adams used propofol to sedate Jackson. Since he began treating Jackson, Murray said he repeatedly asked the pop star what other physicians were treating Jackson and what drugs they were prescribing. But Jackson declined to provide the information, Murray told authorities.

Murray said he noticed injection marks on Jackson’s hands and feet. When he asked Jackson about them, the pop star told him he had been given a “cocktail” to help him. In addition to Murray, authorities subpoenaed medical records from Dr. Arnold Klein, Dr. Allan Metzger and Dr. David Adams, the affidavit states. They also asked for medical records from Dr. David Slavitt, who conducted the independent medical examination of Jackson for Anschuntz Entertainment Group, Dr. Randy Rosen and nurse practitioner Cherilyn Lee. They also subpoenaed records from Dr. Mark Tadrissi, who stored medical records with Adams. ]

Murray has already acknowledged obtaining and administering propofol to Jackson the morning that the pop star died. In an interview with police, Murray told them that he had left Jackson alone under the influence of the medication to make telephone calls to his Houston office and family members.

When he returned, he discovered Jackson was not breathing. He performed CPR, and one of Jackson’s staff members called 911. The 50-year-old pop star was rushed to the UCLA Medical Center, where he was later declared dead. Much of the investigation has focused on propofol — a drug typically administered by anesthesiologists during surgery — and whether Murray’s decision to give it to Jackson as a sleep aid outside a hospital setting reaches a level of negligence required for an involuntary manslaughter charge.

[jaken]

We have Moonwalker, that should be enough to explain his life. I say it was as close to his life as anything can be... I wonder if it will get a Blu Ray release since his passing?

[a_person]

The tickets to this movie are on sale today. Seems normal standard price tickets and they are on sale for only 2 weeks!

[Beate]

If there is one movie I am going to avoid at all costs....

[IndyJ]

I think that Michael Jackson The Movie will be one of the biggest successes in film history!

[Allsinging]

I think that Michael Jackson The Movie will be one of the biggest successes in film history!

I think you have a good point, i'm sure it will sell out very fast. Not sure how many screening there will be. I'm on the fence a bit as i loved his earlier stuff, but what ever i do i'm sure the night will be amazing for the many thousands that go

[andrews]

Jackson film breaks advance ticket sales records.

Michael Jackson's documentary, This Is It, has broken records for advance tickets sales.
For the London shows fans of the late pop singer b*ght more than 30,000 tickets of the film, which shows rehearsal footage of the Jackson's planned 50 shows at the O2 Arena. He died three weeks before the opening night.
Tickets for shows in America, Japan, Sweden, Holland and Belgium also sold extremely well, with fans camping out days before to get their hands on the tickets.
This Is It will have its London premiere at October 28 in Leicester Square.

[superhero]

Is it just hyped up or is it really sold out? I am gonna wait to use my cinema vouchers on the day to see it (only because my friend is a big michael jackson fan), otherwise I wouldn't go anywhere nr the film...