Overview

• Paris Jackson said on Instagram that she had zero involvement in the film after her notes on early script drafts went unaddressed and that she will not support it.
• She criticized the movie as sugar-coated and inaccurate, urging fans to enjoy it without involving her.
• Jackson rejected Colman Domingo’s comments to People that she was supportive, saying they had only brief interactions and that she was not helpful on set.
• Michael is a two-part, estate-authorized biopic directed by Antoine Fuqua, starring Jaafar Jackson, with a reported $155 million budget and a U.S. release set for April 24, 2026.
• Producers have promoted an 'unbiased' treatment of the 1993 allegations, while earlier reports of rewrites and reshoots tied to legal constraints were publicly denied by a source close to the production.