A follow-up to HBO‘s 2019 documentary on Michael Jackson, Leaving Neverland, has been introduced and can be launched quickly.
In 2019, HBO produced a two-part documentary surrounding the allegations of Michael Jackson sexually assaulting two minors. Directed by Dan Reed, Leaving Neverland targeted on testimonies by Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who each declare that Michael Jackson sexually abused them after they had been kids.
Now, a follow-up to Leaving Neverland – titled Surviving Michael Jackson – has been confirmed for launch on March 18 by way of the UK’s Channel 4, per Selection. HBO won’t be concerned in Surviving Michael Jackson following Jackson’s property in 2019 suing the community over claims the documentary violated a 27-year-old non-disparagement clause from a 1992 live performance movie for the pop icon’s Harmful World Tour.
In keeping with a synopsis of Leaving Neverland II: Surviving Michael Jackson from official distributor Sphere Abacus particulars that the follow-up will discover the “tough journey and its many twists, turns and setbacks” for Robson and Safechuck, together with the general public backlash they’ve acquired over time.
Moreover, Sphere Abacus has confirmed {that a} third and last entry within the documentary sequence will cowl the upcoming 2026 trial of Robson and Safechuck versus Michael Jackson’s property. The third entry has but to obtain a launch date, pending the trial’s period.
Jackson confronted a number of allegations of kid sexual abuse all through his profession and confronted felony prices that led to a extremely publicised trial in 2005. He denied all allegations and was discovered not responsible on all counts.
In 1993, Evan Chandler, a dentist and screenwriter primarily based in Los Angeles, accused Jackson of sexually abusing his 13-year-old son Jordan. The case was concluded when the 2 events reached a monetary settlement in 1994.
In 2024, Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed slammed the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic as “startlingly disingenuous”, claiming it discredits Robson and Safechuck’s experiences with the singer.
Final month, it was reported that the biopic – which can see Michael portrayed by his personal nephew, Jaafar Jackson – has been compelled to reshoot its total third act, which is alleged to depict sexual abuse allegations that the singer’s property has banned from being dramatised. The movie was scheduled for launch in October this 12 months, although it’s now unclear if the reshoots will delay the movie’s launch.
For extra assist, recommendation or extra data relating to sexual harassment, assault and rape within the UK, go to the Rape Disaster charity web site. Within the US, go to RAINN.
