{"id":1829849,"date":"2023-01-31T09:50:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T14:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1829849"},"modified":"2023-01-31T09:50:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T14:50:25","slug":"michael-jacksons-nephew-jaafar-jackson-cast-to-play-king-of-pop-in-new-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-jacksons-nephew-jaafar-jackson-cast-to-play-king-of-pop-in-new-biopic\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson\u2019s Nephew Jaafar Jackson Cast To Play King Of Pop In New Biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichael-jacksons-nephew-jaafar-jackson-cast-to-play-king-of-pop-in-new-biopic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1829849&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Jaafar will be playing his uncle, it was just confirmed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/michael-jackson\">Michael Jackson<\/a>In the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/movies\">biopic<\/a> Lionsgate<\/p>\n<p>Jaafar, the 26-year old nephew of the late pop icon, was killed in 2009. His father is Michael\u2019s brother and former member of The Jackson 5, Jermaine Jackson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More information about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\">Project<\/a> Slowly, they have been appearing. It will be headed by Antoine Fuqua who was also responsible for the up. \u201cEmancipation,\u201d John Logan will write the script. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/01\/michael-jackson-nephew-jaafar-jackson-portray-king-of-pop-in-antoine-fuqua-directed-movie-lionsgate-1235244128\/\">Deadline<\/a>. Graham King, the producer is best known for his Freddie Mercury biopic. \u201cBohemian Rhapsody.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under King saw the film gross over $900million worldwide, and was nominated for an Academy Award. \u201cBest Picture,\u201d You can also find out more about a \u201cBest Actor\u201d Win for Rami Malek<\/p>\n<p>Jaafar shared casting news via social media. \u201cI\u2019m humbled and honored to bring my Uncle Michael\u2019s story to life. To all the fans all over the world, I\u2019ll see you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m humbled and honored to bring my Uncle Michael\u2019s story to life. To all the fans all over the world, I\u2019ll see you soon.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Photo by Jourdynn Jack a href=&#8221;https:\/\/t.co\/Xow9Mkakup&#8221;>pic.twitter.com\/Xow9Mkakup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jaafar Jackson (@JaafarJackson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaafarJackson\/status\/1620106791576272896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJaafar embodies my son. It\u2019s so wonderful to see him carry on the Jackson legacy of entertainers and performers,\u201d said Michael\u2019s mother, Katherine Jackson, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2023\/jan\/31\/michael-jacksons-nephew-cast-as-singer-in-biopic-after-worldwide-search\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Deadline noted that the film would reportedly cover the many controversies of Michael\u2019s life, including accusations of child sex abuse and his drug use, which eventually led to his death from acute propofol intoxication.<\/p>\n<p>There is speculation about how true to life Michael Jackson\u2019s biopic will be considering that his estate currently retains music rights to his catalog of work. The biopic is being made with the estate\u2019s cooperation. To please his estate and fans, King and Fuqua must portray the King of Pop in an honest and forgiving light.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson maintained that he was innocent right up until his death. Following a 2005 trial, Jackson wasn&#8217;t found guilty of child molestation.<\/p>\n<p>But, it would be a good idea for film makers to pay attention to the criticisms of the Broadway musical. \u201cMJ,\u201d which detailed the pop star\u2019s life but didn\u2019t cover any negative aspects such as child sex abuse allegations.<\/p>\n<p>One review described the musical as &#8220;awesome.&#8221; \u201cslick, crotch-grabbing sidestep\u201d that was also presented in conjunction with the late singer\u2019s estate, as The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/slick-crotch-grabbing-sidestep-michael-jackson-musical-slammed-for-ignoring-child-sex-abuse-allegations\">reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was just confirmed that Jaafar Jackson will play his uncle, Michael Jackson, in an upcoming biopic from Lionsgate. Jaafar is the 26-year-old nephew of the late pop icon, who died in 2009. His father is Michael\u2019s brother and former member of The Jackson 5, Jermaine Jackson.\u00a0 Details about the project have slowly been emerging. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1829852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7648,11611,11245,17088,10023,17089,5177,12593,4599,12758],"class_list":["post-1829849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-king","tag-biopic","tag-cast","tag-jaafar","tag-jackson","tag-jacksons","tag-michael","tag-nephew","tag-play","tag-pop"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1829849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1829852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1829849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1829849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1829849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}