Michael Jackson made his way to CinemaCon, in the first footage from Lionsgate’s “Michael,” opening next spring. The studio closed out their presentation with the footage from the still-in-production biopic.
The footage included clips of Michael’s childhood with his brothers, with the Jackson 5 glumly heading out to another show on a snowy morning (Their mercurial father Joe Jackson is played by recent Oscar nominee Colman Domingo). We also see Jaafar Jackson, Michael’s actual nephew (his father is Jermaine Jackson), as the older version of Michael – both in the “Thriller” years and later in the footage performing “Man in the Mirror.”