Antoine Fuqua’s Michael is currently positioned as one of the marquee titles on the 2026 movie schedule, as the biopic on Michael Jackson has generated plenty of conversations. Some of that chatter has been in regard to changes made to the actual production and, most notably, it was reported last year that the ending had to be changed for legal reasons. As the film’s release draws nearer, a new report includes the alleged amount of money it took to reshoot the ending (and this is a lot of cheddar).
Nearly a year ago, it was reported that Michael’s ending would, at least in part, revolve around the sexual assault allegations Jackson faced from the family of then-13-year-old boy Jordan Chandler. Overall, that portion of John Logan’s screenplay would’ve reportedly focused on how the allegations impacted Jackson’s life and career. Yet changes had to be made after Jackson’s estate, which co-produced the film, discovered a clause that barred Chandler from being mentioned or portrayed in the movie, rendering the ending “unusable.”
