Michael Jackson’s biopic may face the same doomed fate as ‘The Marvels’ if it makes this one mistake that Brie Larson’s sequel to ‘Captain Marvel’ did.

 


Michael Jackson Movie Reportedly Committing the Same Mistake That Doomed Brie Larson's The Marvels

 

 

The late global sensation Michael Jackson is getting his own musical drama biopic (currently in the works) almost a decade and a half after his death, but even his fans don’t seem to be all too optimistic about it. If anything, fans are more or less expecting the film titled Michael to be doomed just like the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s The Marvels.
Michael Jackson in The Way You Make Me FeelMichael Jackson in The Way You Make Me Feel music video
All of this comes after recent reports about the film from insiders, who have stated the reported budget and box office projections of the film. And as much as fans would hate to admit it, the biopic Michael is making the very same mistake that doomed Brie Larson’s 2023 superhero sequel to Captain Marvel: Absurdly overinflated budget and box office projections.

Michael Jackson’s Biopic may be as Doomed as The Marvels

Recently, industry insider Matthew Belloni of Puck shared some serious details about Jackson’s upcoming biopic. As per what one source told him, Michael‘s “net budget is around $155 million (minus the incentives), which would place it among the most expensive musical biopics ever made.”
Jackson in Beat It Music VideoJackson in Beat It music video
While that budget in itself is indeed massive for a normal biopic movie, Puck reveals that adding to it are Lionsgate and Universal Pictures’ massive, massive expectations for it to maybe even cross the $1 billion mark considering the incredible boom in musical biopics lately.

 

For one, they are reportedly considering the film could at least cross the $910 million mark that the biopic on the late Freddie Mercury, Bohemian Rhapsody, has set at the box offices because the King of Pop “was a much bigger star than Freddie Mercury ever was,” as Belloni reported.

Jackson in Bad music videoJackson in the Bad music video
However, with such an incredulous budget and box office projections, there is also a great chance for the film to face a doomed future. This comes after the immense controversy surrounding Michael Jackson‘s allegedly being a “pedophile”, especially after 2019’s Leaving Neverland.

 

Moreover, even if the film decides to exclude such allegations and leave the message that “Michael was the actual victim here,” as Belloni says, the massive budget is still high risk and is more or less even exceedingly inflated. That being said, Michael is making the same mistake as The Marvels.
The MarvelsA still from The Marvels
Just like this upcoming biopic, the sequel to Captain Marvel also had a tremendous budget of more than $270 million, as per Forbes, and that film, too, was being expected by the creators to cross the $1 billion mark just like its predecessor.

 

However, as the series of unfortunate events and the ‘M-She-U’ controversy, Brie Larson‘s movie was eventually nothing more than just a rather expensive failure. Thus, considering all the similarities in the circumstances, there is a high risk that Michael may face the same doom.

Fans React to this Absurdly Massive Budget for Michael

Jackson on his Dangerous World Tour (Credit: Vevo)Jackson on his Dangerous World Tour (Credit: Vevo)
Even without considering the controversy surrounding him, fans are certain that the reported budget for the biopic Michael is absurdly inflated. If anything, they are pointing out how having such a high budget and expectations pretty much spells doom for the movie.

 

Taking to X, here’s how they’re reacting to this news and pointing out just why the film could be up for an epic fail:

 

Adding to this, as Belloni reports, is the takeaway of the biopic, which is that Jackson “had an abusive father who caused him to become a horribly insecure yet harmless Peter Pan, constantly reliving the childhood he never had. And ultimately, that was weaponized by bad people trying to exploit him.”

Thus, considering all these reactions of netizens and fans worldwide, there is a lot at stake here for Michael, which would reportedly see Jaafar Jackson (MJ’s nephew) embodying the King of Pop. Nonetheless, we’ll let time land the final verdict.

Michael will be a biographical musical drama film on Michael Jackson and will open in theatres on the 18th of April, 2025.