Debut Trailer for Upcoming Michael Jackson Biopic Gets Huge Views in First 6 Hours

This mightiness beryllium a large one, folks. The archetypal teaser trailer for the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic movie Michael has been released — and judge it oregon not, the sneak peek racked up a whopping 30 cardinal views successful its archetypal six hours online.

According to Deadline, that’s an unthinkable 50% much views than the trailer for John Wick: Chapter 4 managed to get successful its archetypal six hours aft release. That says rather a spot astir the audience’s anticipation for the biopic, considering however overmuch the masses emotion the John Wick series. The quality of the teaser trailer’s occurrence was announced during yesterday’s net call.

Lionsgate question representation seat Adam Fogelson besides opened up astir the presumption of the 2nd portion of Michael, which was divided into 2 parts owed some to its 3 and a fractional hr runtime and the information that overmuch of the 2nd portion focused connected 1 of Jackson’s accusers. The Jackson property seemingly overlooked the item that guarantees that accuser tin ne'er beryllium dramatized oregon person their communicative dramatized arsenic portion of their colony with the estate, which led to monolithic reshoots.

“Since the past clip we worked unneurotic connected an net call, we’ve had the large pleasance of seeing the director’s chopped of the archetypal film, and it is exceptional,” Fogelson explained connected the call. “While we’re not yet acceptable to corroborate plans for a 2nd film, I tin archer you that the originative squad is hard astatine enactment making definite that we’re successful a presumption to present much Michael soon aft we merchandise the archetypal film.”

He added astir the movie and prima Jaafar Jackson, Michael’s nephew, “People person been waiting a agelong clip for this. I deliberation radical are stunned with Jaafar’s performance.”

The movie is directed by Training Day manager Antoine Fuqua, written by John Logan, and produced by Graham King, who produced the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. It volition deed theaters connected April 24, 2026 — well, astatine slightest the archetypal part.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.