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EXCLUSIVE: Prime Gun: Maverick and Whiplash star Miles Teller is in talks to affix Lionsgate and Common Photos Worldwide’s Antoine Fuqua-directed Michael.
Sources inform us that there’s no deal but for Teller. The film is presently shooing forward of an April 18, 2025 theatrical launch.
Teller, we hear, would play an legal professional within the Michael Jackson biopic. Precisely which of Jackson’s attorneys, we are going to see. The late Howard Weitzman was identified for defending Jackson and his property, particularly towards creditor claims and accusations of pedophilia. Then there was Mark Geragos, who assisted Jackson within the early levels of 2005’s Individuals vs. Jackson molestation case, earlier than getting changed by Thomas Mesereau.
If the deal makes, Teller would be a part of a booming solid that features Colman Domingo as patriarch Joe Jackson, Nia Lengthy as mom Katherine Jackson, in addition to Jaafar Jackson, Michael Jackson’s nephew, who will play the title position.
The film, scripted by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan and produced by Oscar winner Graham King, will reportedly inform the trials and tribulations of the King of Pop, in addition to present perception into his genius. Michael can also be produced by the co-executors of the Michael Jackson property, John Branca and John McClain.
Lionsgate has home distribution, whereas UPI has all offshore territories sans Japan.
Teller is repped by CAA and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.
