Celebrity biopics always run the risk of ticking off their source material, but when you’re covering the King of Pop, you best lawyer up.
Two upcoming projects about Michael Jackson could potentially be facing lawsuits, based on a statement released by Jackson’s estate.
The first is a Lifetime movie called Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland, which is based on a book written by the singer’s two bodyguards and told from their perspective. Jackson is played by Navi, the self-proclaimed “world’s greatest Michael Jackson impersonator.”
That movie is airing on Lifetime on Memorial Day, so it might be too late for them to abandon ship if things get legally murky. But the second project in the works has a more bizarre premise.
Remember Bubbles? You know, Bubbles, Jackson’s chimpanzee companion. Well, Netflix recently bought the script for an animated movie told from his perspective. That’s right, we’re getting a chimpanzee’s hot take on one of the most controversial figures in music.
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