Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming biopic on Michael Jackson may be split into two films. This decision reflects the complexity of portraying the life of one of music’s most influential figures, whose career spanned over four decades.

EXCLUSIVE: Sources are telling us that Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, from Lionsgate, with a near four-hour cut, could be split into two movies. That’s an option on the table, and not a definite at this time.

Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming Michael Jackson biopic, “Michael,” may be split into two movies. As a result, the Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International project will likely push its current Oct. 3 release date.