{"id":1609,"date":"2026-02-02T05:28:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T05:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/?p=1609"},"modified":"2026-02-02T05:28:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T05:28:44","slug":"michael-jackson-biopic-new-poster-unveiled-for-michael","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/michael-jackson-biopic-new-poster-unveiled-for-michael\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson Biopic: New Poster Unveiled for \u2018Michael\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The countdown is officially on to the release of the <strong>Michael Jackson<\/strong> biopic, <strong>\u2018Michael.\u2019 <\/strong>Set to be released into theaters on April 24, the eagerly anticipated blockbuster will spotlight the legendary life of the one and only King of Pop.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by <strong>Antoine Fuqua<\/strong>, the film promises to deliver a raw and unvarnished look into the colossal and, at times, complex story of MJ.<\/p>\n<p>Led by the icon\u2019s nephew <strong>Jafaar Jackson<\/strong>in the titular role, \u2018Michael\u2019 boasts an all-star cast including <strong>Nia Long<\/strong> (as matriarch Katherine Jackson), <strong>Colman Domingo<\/strong> (as Joseph Jackson), <strong>Larenz Tate<\/strong> (as Berry Gordy), and <strong>Derek Luke<\/strong>(as Johnnie Cochran).<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of its premiere, <strong>Lionsgate <\/strong>and<strong>Universal Pictures<\/strong>, who are releasing the movie in the US and internationally, respectively, have unveiled a brand new poster.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1610 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4766-240x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4766-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4766.jpeg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The countdown is officially on to the release of the Michael Jackson biopic, \u2018Michael.\u2019 Set to be released into theaters on April 24, the eagerly anticipated blockbuster will spotlight the legendary life of the one and only King of Pop. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the film promises to deliver a raw and unvarnished look into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[160],"class_list":["post-1609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","author-urbanafrica"],"authors":[{"term_id":160,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"urbanafrica","display_name":"URBANAFRICA","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-FFB50F59-0D6C-491C-BACA-64123F72D056.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-FFB50F59-0D6C-491C-BACA-64123F72D056.jpg"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1612,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609\/revisions\/1612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1609"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}