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Michael (2026) Official trailer

WildBoy said:
You are just spouting fake news dude
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If he was or he wasn't i don't know but he should never have allowed himself to be put in that situation in the first place.

Also no way in hell if i was accused of such evil deeds would allow the estate to be paying them off. Its a bad look.

He ended up in court anyway.
 
Any new songs or material being released from the film? Michael had left a deep archive of songs which I'm surprised they haven't released or sampled.
 
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The dude playing Michael is the definition of movie magic. He is so fucking incredible it overshadows everything. I have never seen anything like this, it's like young Michael got into a time machine and made this movie.
I know there's an army of makeup, CGI and sound people behind him but what the fuck.
 
SirKicksalot said:
The dude playing Michael is the definition of movie magic. He is so fucking incredible it overshadows everything. I have never seen anything like this, it's like young Michael got into a time machine and made this movie.
I know there's an army of makeup, CGI and sound people behind him but what the fuck.
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I hope Jafaar has a great career after this. He was so good.
 
Toots said:
Listening to a shitty posthume cover song instead of one of the hundreds of original classics MJ put out is so fucking Kojima that i can't even be mad at him.
What a beauf.
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Actually that is the demo MJ made in 1982. It was released on Thriller 40.
 
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Never knew of Captain EO until the other day... Bro what the fuck. One of the best MJ songs is stuck in a Disney theme park attraction.

I gotta see Michael though soon, literally the greatest of all time.
 
Werewolf Jones said:
Never knew of Captain EO until the other day... Bro what the fuck. One of the best MJ songs is stuck in a Disney theme park attraction.

I gotta see Michael though soon, literally the greatest of all time.
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Are you talking about Another Part of Me? If you are, it's on Bad. We Are Here to Change The World you can watch on YouTube.
 
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To explain my posthume comment a bit more, i only know the youtube clip version of the song, and to me the musical arrangements sound much more "'modern" than those of the 80s. I did not even know he made a full demo version at the time. If someone has it please share !
 
Toots said:
To explain my posthume comment a bit more, i only know the youtube clip version of the song, and to me the musical arrangements sound much more "'modern" than those of the 80s. I did not even know he made a full demo version at the time. If someone has it please share !
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I think I like the 2010 version more than the demo. Its interesting that they made this music video at the time but didn't release it. It was only uploaded on Youtube after someone leaked it.

Edit: I removed the links because the next post has them and more.
 
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Toots said:
To explain my posthume comment a bit more, i only know the youtube clip version of the song, and to me the musical arrangements sound much more "'modern" than those of the 80s. I did not even know he made a full demo version at the time. If someone has it please share !
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Okay so the original Yellow Magic Orchestra version used in a Seiko commercial



Then they made it a full song, without much lyrics



Mike took it and added lyrics about a girl/love song, and then wanted 50/50 of the royalties, which YMO refused



Then MJ's keyboard player, Greg Philinganes, based his own version on MJ's demo



Which was then covered by Eric Clapton



Then, after MJ's death, they released a remixed version of the song based on MJ's demo

 
Baemono said:
Okay so the original Yellow Magic Orchestra version used in a Seiko commercial



Then they made it a full song, without much lyrics



Mike took it and added lyrics about a girl/love song, and then wanted 50/50 of the royalties, which YMO refused



Then MJ's keyboard player, Greg Philinganes, based his own version on MJ's demo



Which was then covered by Eric Clapton



Then, after MJ's death, they released a remixed version of the song based on MJ's demo

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Quite a exhaustive summary of the song history, you just forgot to put in the part where Kojima tweets the remixed song like a twat and i mock him on Neogaf.

Jokes aside, I actually like this demo version, it could obviously not go on Thriller but still it is a nice little song.
 
Drew1440 said:
Any new songs or material being released from the film? Michael had left a deep archive of songs which I'm surprised they haven't released or sampled.
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No. He claimed to have "another 100 Billie Jeans" - yet all of the leaked songs were unfinished melodies.
I mean, he was one of a kind but only cooked with water like the rest of us... :(
Best you can get are the remixes:
 
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Michael Box Office Passes Nearly Unheard-Of Milestone In Week 3 While Conquering An All-Time Chart:
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Michael Box Office Passes Nearly Unheard-Of Milestone In Week 3 While Conquering An All-Time Chart

Michael is going platinum worldwide.
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Lionsgate has now announced that Michael is expected to close out its third weekend in theaters by hitting a cumulative global box office total of $570 million, comprising $238.9 million from domestic theaters and $331.1 million from international markets. This means that the movie has more or less simultaneously become the second music biopic ever to pass the $500 million global milestone (after Bohemian Rhapsody) and the No. 1 music biopic of all time in North America (passing Bohemian Rhapsody's $216.7 million domestic gross).
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I know a movie's going to a billion when random people at my job are talking about it. Top Gun Maverick, Avatar Way of Water, now Michael.
 
Much of my preteen years in the late 80s/early 90s was me jamming out to MJ songs on my sony walkman. That and the nes were my two prized possessions at the time. Good times.

Glad to hear the movie is well done, was going to wait till it came out on stream but might hit the local theatre this weekend.
 
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