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The rehearsal footage of the late Michael Jackson's once-planned 50-date concert series "This Is It" will be coming to a theater near you October 30th. Culled from hundreds of hours of behind-the-scenes and rehearsal footage shot at Los Angeles' Staples Center, the film will show Jackson's concert preparations with portions of the movie viewable in 3-D (as was planned for the actual concerts) also featuring interviews with Jackson's friends and collaborators.
The approval of this movie deal came from Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff this past Friday and announced today. Michael's estate overseen by the executors of his will, lawyer John Branca and music industry executive John McClain; concert promoter AEG Live; and Sony Corp.'s Columbia Pictures had been ironing out the details in court last week with Judge Beckloff allowing Michael's mother Katherine Jackson to review the contracts and raise any possible objections. She didn't protest the film's release but she and her lawyers question many issues on merchandising deals with merchandiser Bravado and want AEG Live to give its concert rehearsal footage to the estate.
More drama follows...
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