Domingo’s casting follows information that Michael’s nephew, Jaafar, will likely be taking over the function of the pop icon.

Lionsgate and Common Footage introduced Thursday that Colman will star because the “hard-driving, singularly centered, controversial” Jackson household patriarch in Michael, which is slated to hit theaters April 18, 2025.

Jackson’s nephew, Jaafar Jackson, will make his performing debut within the starring function, enjoying the beloved musical icon.

Michael will likely be directed by Antoine Fuqua, with three-time Oscar nominee, John Logan, penning the script. Graham King, in the meantime, who’s behind Oscar-winning movies like Bohemian Rhapsody, The Aviator and The Departed, will function producer, together with the co-executors of the Michael Jackson property.

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“Few actors current themselves with Colman’s display presence and drive of will,” King stated in a press launch shared Thursday. “We’re so lucky to have an actor along with his simple expertise portraying Joe Jackson on display. We could not be extra excited to have him be a part of us on this journey.”

Domingo additionally shared an announcement, during which he expressed his pleasure at taking over the “advanced and flawed” character that’s Joe Jackson.

“I am excited to be part of a movie that explores each the difficult soul of the legendary Michael Jackson in addition to his influence on music and tradition as a worldwide icon. Not solely am I lucky to have a wealthy, advanced and flawed character to painting in Joe Jackson, however I even have a entrance row seat for Jaafar’s unimaginable transformation,” Domingo stated, praising Michael’s nephew. “After seeing him in rehearsal, my thoughts was blown. There’s something divine about the best way that Jaafar is channeling his late uncle. His expertise and embodiment of Michael’s essence is solely on one other degree.”

Joe was well-known for managing his bevy of gifted youngsters, from the Jackson 5, which produced skills like Michael, to daughter, Janet Jackson, however it was his stern parenting model and the inflexible method during which he operated that left behind a contentious legacy.

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Nonetheless, his contributions to music had been many, and he was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Corridor of Fame in 2014. He died 4 years later in 2018, following a battle with pancreatic most cancers.

Domingo’s casting as Joe Jackson comes amid his Oscar-nominated efficiency in Rustin, in addition to his work in Ma Rainey’s Black Backside, Zola, Concern the Strolling Useless and the not too long ago launched musical re-telling of The Shade Purple.

Sharing an analogous sentiment on Instagram, together with an article concerning the casting, Domingo wrote, “Subsequent up. I’m excited. Jaafar is a revelation.”

The movie’s log-line describes Michael as a movie that can “convey audiences a riveting and sincere portrayal of the sensible but difficult man who grew to become recognized worldwide because the King of Pop. The movie presents his triumphs and tragedies on an epic, cinematic scale — from his human aspect and private struggles to his simple inventive genius, captured by his most iconic performances.”

It continues, “As by no means earlier than, audiences will expertise an inside look into one of the vital influential, trailblazing artists the world has ever recognized.”