Sony Corp. studios announced Monday they'll release on Oct. 30 a film about Michael Jackson, "This Is It," drawn from hours of rehearsal and behind-the-scenes footage taken in the days before he died.
The announcement came after Sony struck a court-approved multimillion-dollar deal with the managers of the singer's estate to release footage of Jackson rehearsing ahead of a planned series of 50 concerts in London that was to begin July 13.
The pop icon's mother, Katherine Jackson, also gave her approval to the deal.
The feature "will be drawn from hundreds of hours of rehearsal and behind-the- scenes footage, captured in high definition with state-of-the-art digital sounds," Sony said in a statement.
Most of the footage was shot in June 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles also the site of a Jackson tribute watched by millions of people around the world.
The film, Sony added, "will also offer select sequences in 3-D, will provide a unique career retrospective and feature interviews with some of Jackson's closest friends and creative collaborators."
Sony said the rights to the exclusive footage were bought from concert promoters AEG Live and the estate of Jackson, who died June 25 at the age of 50.
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment will co-produce the film with AEG Live and the estate, while Sony Pictures will distribute the film worldwide, Sony said.
i can't wait to see this movie! can you imagine how awesome it will be?
ReplyDeleteSONY TRYING TO GET THERE MONEY! WOW! THIS WILL PROBABLY BE NICE TO SEE THOUGH
ReplyDeleteThis will be a great movie but AEG is trying to screw the Jacksons on the royalties from the movie. They won't let his family own the footage.
ReplyDeleteSony and AEG are greedy as hell. Everybody and they mama is trying to pimp out Mike for a buck. I hope those lawyers wise up and don't sell the family up the river with all these deals they cutting but chances are they are just doing what ever will benefit themselves not the fam.
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