The Michael Jackson film This Is It - based on his concert rehearsal footage is to be released worldwide on October 28, after a Los Angeles judge greenlighted the joint venture between the tour's promoters AEG Live and Columbia Pictures today (August 11). Columbia Pictures are reported to have paid...
The Michael Jackson film This Is It – based on his concert rehearsal footage is to be released worldwide on October 28, after a Los Angeles judge greenlighted the joint venture between the tour’s promoters AEG Live and Columbia Pictures today (August 11).
Columbia Pictures are reported to have paid £35 million for rights to the rehearsal footage, and court papers suggest that Jackson’s estate will get 90% of the profits, with the final 10% going to AEG Live.
The Michael Jackson This Is It film is contracted to be not more than 150 minutes long, a PG-rating and ‘footage that paints Jackson in a bad light will not be permitted.’
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