{"id":29111,"date":"2024-03-25T21:02:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T21:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/michael-jackson-biopic-casts-the-roles-of-berry-gordy-diana-ross-more\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T21:02:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T21:02:32","slug":"michael-jackson-biopic-casts-the-roles-of-berry-gordy-diana-ross-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/michael-jackson-biopic-casts-the-roles-of-berry-gordy-diana-ross-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson biopic casts the roles of Berry Gordy, Diana Ross &amp; more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-03-25\/Getty_MichaelJackson_011823_0.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Kevin Mazur\/WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The upcoming <strong>Michael Jackson<\/strong> biopic, <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Michael<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, has added some more names to the cast, including actors who\u2019ll play legendary music figures like\u00a0<strong>Berry Gordy <\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Diana Ross<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/michael-jackson-biopic-kat-graham-diana-ross-larenz-tate-berry-gordy-1235951141\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Variety<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span class=\"s1\"> <\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">reports that <strong>Larenz Tate<\/strong> has been hired to play Gordy, the man behind Motown Records, the label\u00a0behind such artists as\u00a0the <strong>Jackson 5<\/strong>,<strong> Stevie Wonder <\/strong>and <strong>Smokey Robinson<\/strong>, while <strong>Kat Graham<\/strong> will portray legendary singer Ross, a lifelong friend of Michael&#8217;s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The film has also cast <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Insecure\u2019s<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> <strong>Kendrick Sampson<\/strong> to play legendary producer <strong>Quincy Jones<\/strong>, who produced Jackson&#8217;s hit albums <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Off The Wall<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Thriller<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> and <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Bad<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">,\u00a0among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Other new casting additions include<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0Robot Chicken<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Kevin Scinick\u00a0<\/strong>as\u00a0TV personality\u00a0<strong>Dick Clark<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Split<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">\u2019s <strong>Jessica Sula<\/strong>\u00a0as Jackson\u2019s older sister <strong>LaToya Jackson<\/strong> and <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Power Book III: Raising Kanan<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">\u2019s <strong>Liv Symone<\/strong>\u00a0as <strong>Gladys Knight<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Michael<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, directed by\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Training Day\u2019<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">s\u00a0<strong>Antoine Fuqua\u00a0<\/strong>and starring the singer\u2019s nephew\u00a0<strong>Jaafar Jackson\u00a0<\/strong>in the title role, will hit theaters April 18, 2025. The film also stars <strong>Colman Domingo<\/strong> as Jackson\u2019s father,\u00a0<strong>Joe Jackson<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The film is expected to cover all aspects of Jackson\u2019s career and personal life, giving insight into both his personal struggles and creative genius.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Mazur\/WireImage The upcoming Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, has added some more names to the cast, including actors who\u2019ll play legendary music figures like\u00a0Berry Gordy and\u00a0Diana Ross. Variety reports that Larenz Tate has been hired to play Gordy, the man behind Motown Records, the label\u00a0behind such artists as\u00a0the Jackson 5,<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/michael-jackson-biopic-casts-the-roles-of-berry-gordy-diana-ross-more\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,4,47,48],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Michael Jackson biopic casts the roles of Berry Gordy, Diana Ross &amp; more - 101 Gold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/michael-jackson-biopic-casts-the-roles-of-berry-gordy-diana-ross-more\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michael Jackson biopic casts the roles of Berry Gordy, Diana Ross &amp; more - 101 Gold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kevin Mazur\/WireImage The upcoming Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, has added some more names to the cast, including actors who\u2019ll play legendary music figures like\u00a0Berry Gordy and\u00a0Diana Ross. 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