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Spike Lee's 'Bad 25' Presents a Moving Oral History of Michael Jackson's Monumental Album
There are few music albums that would call for or justify a documentary focused solely on their creation, and if asked to pick from Michael Jackson's body of work, "Thriller" would be the more obvious choice to receive such treatment. But Spike Lee's "Bad 25," which makes...
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Tim Burton Wanted To Make A 'House Of Wax' Musical Starring Michael Jackson
While Tim Burton eventually scratched his musical itch with 2007's "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street," it appears at one time he had an even more ambitious plan in mind. A project that would bring together the biggest pop star in the world and one of the most famed horror movies of all...
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Spike Lee's Michael Jackson Doc 'Bad 25' Picked Up By ABC For a Thanksgiving Broadcast
Spike Lee's "Bad 25," a documentary about Michael Jackson and the making of his seminal "Bad" album (a quarter-century old this year), has been picked up by ABC for a Thanksgiving broadcast premiere.
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Michael Jackson Apparently Met With Terrence Malick & Offered To Write A Song For 'The Thin Red Line'
Last year prior to the release of "The Tree Of Life," we revisted the films of Terrence Malick, learning everything we could about them. And while we exhaustively delved into "The Thin Red Line," it seems there is even more to learn about the film, including one nugget of totally...
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Poster For Spike Lee's 'Red Hook Summer'; 25th Anniversary Michael Jackson 'Bad' Doc Apparently Complete
It's red and it pops with color. It's the new poster for Spike Lee's upcoming drama, the 6th or 7th (depending on who's counting) installment of his chronicles of Brooklyn series, "Red Hook Summer."
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The Vampire Who Came To Dinner: Johnny Depp and Tim Burton Do Dark Shadows
I’m a big fan of Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, and vampires in general, so Dark Shadows is a film with my name on it. But you don’t need that perfect storm of tastes to fall for this funny pop confection. You don’t even have to be familiar with the 60’s afternoon ...
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Michael Jackson Biopic Moonwalking Towards the Big Screen
Hot on the heels of Dr. Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter conviction, Variety is reporting that John Branca, the executor of the Michael Jackson estate, has begun shopping around a biopic of the beloved singer. Apparently discussions have begun with Ivan Reitman and Tom Pollock's Mont...
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Director Kenny Ortega Puts The Brakes On Talks About MJ 'Thriller' Adaptation
Sam Elliott Says He Knows Nothing About J. Jonah Jameson Talk, Katherine Heigl's 'Adaline' Goes To Summit & MoreThey're going to make a feature-length film out of Michael Jackson's music video "Thriller" (directed by John Landis) and Kenny Ortega -- who directed "Michael Jackson's This Is It" tour d...
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Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' To Be Turned Into Feature Length Film
Biopic On His Younger Years Also In The WorksEven though he's since passed on, that hasn't stopped Michael Jackson from being a moonwalking money making machine. The pop singer earned a staggering $275 million last year from beyond the grave, topping the Top Earning Dead Celebrity list (yes, someone...
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