When Michael turned out to be a box office hit, you better believe that a sequel was greenlit almost immediately. I mean, you could tell that the studio was banking on success just by the way we're told that “His story continues” at the end of the first movie, which really isn’t all that subtle when it comes to hinting at a sequel.
And, we’re getting one. However, the first movie, which the fans loved, but the critics weren’t so hot on, kind of played it safe. Yes, we did see a tyrannical Joe Jackson, and it did touch upon Michael’s vitiligo, but it definitely wasn’t the in-depth biopic that I was hoping for, and focused entirely on Jackson’s mostly scandal-free early career.
