Final Third Of Michael Jackson Biopic May Have To Be Scrapped: Report

A long-forgotten contract with one of the children who accused of the singer of sexual abuse is forcing filmmakers to revise the biopic's final act, per a report.

The filmmakers behind the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic are being forced to reshoot the film’s entire third act because of a forgotten contract with one of the singer’s accusers.

“Michael,” directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring the singer’s nephew, Jaafar Jackson, is scheduled to be released this coming October.

But Fuqua and others involved in the making of the picture recently learned of an agreement made between the singer’s estate and Jordan Chandler, who claimed Jackson molested him when he was 13, Puck News’ Matthew Belloni reports.

Chandler and his family accused the singer in the early 1990s, but later settled for a reported $20 million.

One of the agreements Jackson’s estate made with the Chandlers decades ago is that the family would never be included in any dramatization about the singer. Puck said two sources confirmed the signed agreement, but the estate apparently overlooked the deal when the script was being vetted.