Colman Domingo, clean off his Oscar nomination, has joined the future Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” to enjoy the pop star’s domineering father, Joe Jackson.
Lionsgate announced Thursday that Domingo has been cast in Antoine Fuqua’s now-in-creation movie. On Tuesday, Domingo was nominated for very best actor by the Academy Awards for his overall performance as the civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in “Rustin.”
Joe Jackson, who died in 2018, was the controversial patriarch of the musical household, launching the Jackson 5 and the solo careers of Michael and Janet. But he was also an alienating supervisor and abusive father whose small children, afterwards in life, distanced themselves from him.
Newcomer Jaafar Jackson, nephew to Michael Jackson, will engage in the King of Pop in the film made by Graham King (“Bohemian Rhapsody”). The film is staying manufactured with involvement of the Michael Jackson estate.
“I’m fired up to be a section of a movie that explores both equally the challenging soul of the famous Michael Jackson as very well as his effect on songs and lifestyle as a world icon,” said Domingo in a statement. “Not only am I fortunate to have a prosperous, complicated and flawed character to portray in Joe Jackson, but I also have a entrance row seat for Jaafar’s outstanding transformation.”
“Michael” is scheduled to open in theaters in April future 12 months.
