Lionsgate Issues Response to Fan Backlash Over Michael Jackson Movie

Tamara Ceaikovski

The chair of Lionsgate’s Motion Picture Group has pushed back on criticism of Michael Jackson biopic “Michael.” In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter , Adam Fogelson addressed claims the film would gloss over the King of Pop's more controversial elements. “The credibility that Antoine [Fuqua] and Graham [King] bring to a project like this shouldn’t be undervalued,” Fogelson says of the director and producer of “Michael.” “These are not water-carrying people. I don’t believe either of them