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Apparently, the film’s original third act reportedly included the 1993 Jordan Chandler allegations, but production later discovered there were legal restrictions tied to past agreements that meant they couldn’t depict or even name parts of that case the way originally planned. That reportedly forced major rewrites and expensive reshoots of the ending.

What makes this fascinating (and controversial) to me is that a biopic about someone as culturally massive and complicated as Michael Jackson almost feels impossible to make without addressing the biggest controversies of his life. But at the same time, if there are legal landmines preventing filmmakers from showing certain events, what even counts as an “honest” biopic anymore?

Do you think filmmakers should still attempt to tackle controversial figures if legal restrictions force them to rewrite history? And more specifically — what’s your take on Michael Jackson as a person/artist in 2026? Can people separate the art from the allegations, or is that line gone for someone this polarizing?