One of Michael Jackson's accusers is the reason the highly-anticipated biopic will be delayed 6 months -- specifically, it's the film's reference to Jordan Chandler that has the production in total chaos.
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00:00This is just incredible to me.
00:03So, you know that the estate of Michael Jackson is doing a biopic about his life.
00:09And it is told from Michael Jackson's point of view, the estate's point of view.
00:14Definitely pro-Michael view on his life.
00:18Particularly, particularly about a case in which a young boy, who we now know was Jordan Chandler,
00:29and his family accused Michael of molesting him.
00:33And there...
00:34This is in 1993.
00:3593.
00:35First time there was any accusation, any allegation like this against Michael Jackson.
00:41So, there were a slew of depositions taken in this case after the lawsuit was filed.
00:48Michael was being represented by famed lawyer Johnny Cochran,
00:52who went on to represent OJ Simpson.
00:54And Jordan Chandler was represented by the man behind him in the dark suit, Larry Feldman.
01:00And Larry was representing the...
01:03Chandler.
01:03The Chandler family.
01:05This case settled for, we know, for $20 million.
01:09Michael Jackson paid the Chandler family.
01:11So, now the question is, what do they do when they're doing the biopic?
01:15Well, the movie is reportedly, the script centers, or it starts and ends
01:21with the Jordan Chandler case, with the allegation, and then the fallout from it.
01:27The problem is, the script and the movie is now in total chaos because...
01:31It's been shot.
01:33They already shot the movie, but after they shot it, they got a call saying,
01:38hey, we had this settlement, and we are not allowed...
01:40We read the document.
01:42We are not allowed to dramatize Jordan Chandler or his family in any way.
01:48They are part of the settlement.
01:49Or as Will Smith would say, keep their name out of your mouth.
01:53And they, right in the settlement, it says, you cannot talk about the Chandler family.
01:59And so now the film, Michael, is in...
02:02They have to change the script.
02:05They got to get the cast back together.
02:07Reshoot.
02:08Reshoots.
02:09And we're told that that is going to happen in March.
02:12The movie was supposed to come out in April.
02:13Now, we should say...
02:14It has now been pushed to November.
02:15And we should say one other thing.
02:16And you said that it's from Michael's point of view.
02:19They were essentially saying this was a money grab by the Chandler family, that it wasn't true.
02:23And that's the way they're painting it.
02:24Right.
02:25So...
02:26Big problems for this movie.
02:27That was very much anticipated.
02:29Still is, but it is...
02:31At earliest now, they're saying it's going to come out in November.
02:34Even though this was clearly a mistake and a miss, the estate has done an un...
02:39This is maybe the most...
02:41The biggest turnaround of an estate I've ever seen.
02:43Oh, yeah.
02:44Ever seen.