Footage showing Michael Jackson's rehearsals for what would have been his final tour could be turned into a movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The trade mag reports that over 100 hours of material was shot showing the singer - who died last Thursday - performing his back catalogue in preparation in for the 'This is It' tour, which was scheduled to play at the 02 Arena later in the year.
AEG Live, who organised the tour, owns the rights to the footage (which they released a snippet of yesterday) and could potentially also use it to create live albums and a pay-per-view TV special.
The material - some of which was shot in high definition - apparently includes Jacko performing hits "Thriller" and "Beat it" , as well as the star in production meetings and auditions.
Part of the preparation for his sell-out tour also included the creation of 3D "mini-movies" involving "Thriller" and "Earth Song", which could also be incorporated into a film. The former is described as "nine minutes of 3D insanity" by AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips.
Before they proceed AEG are waiting for the singer's estate - which was in an estimated $400m debt - to be settled.
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the guy dies and in a weeks time they got a movie planned for him. so sad.
The trade mag reports that over 100 hours of material was shot showing the singer - who died last Thursday - performing his back catalogue in preparation in for the 'This is It' tour, which was scheduled to play at the 02 Arena later in the year.
AEG Live, who organised the tour, owns the rights to the footage (which they released a snippet of yesterday) and could potentially also use it to create live albums and a pay-per-view TV special.
The material - some of which was shot in high definition - apparently includes Jacko performing hits "Thriller" and "Beat it" , as well as the star in production meetings and auditions.
Part of the preparation for his sell-out tour also included the creation of 3D "mini-movies" involving "Thriller" and "Earth Song", which could also be incorporated into a film. The former is described as "nine minutes of 3D insanity" by AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips.
Before they proceed AEG are waiting for the singer's estate - which was in an estimated $400m debt - to be settled.
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the guy dies and in a weeks time they got a movie planned for him. so sad.
