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One of Michael Jackson's accusers is the reason the highly-anticipated biopic will be delayed 6 months -- specifically, it's the film's reference to Jordan Chandler that has the production in total chaos.

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00:00This is just incredible to me.

00:03So, you know that the estate of Michael Jackson is doing a biopic about his life.

00:09And it is told from Michael Jackson's point of view, the estate's point of view.

00:14Definitely pro-Michael view on his life.

00:18Particularly, particularly about a case in which a young boy, who we now know was Jordan Chandler,

00:29and his family accused Michael of molesting him.

00:33And there...

00:34This is in 1993.

00:3593.

00:35First time there was any accusation, any allegation like this against Michael Jackson.

00:41So, there were a slew of depositions taken in this case after the lawsuit was filed.

00:48Michael was being represented by famed lawyer Johnny Cochran,

00:52who went on to represent OJ Simpson.

00:54And Jordan Chandler was represented by the man behind him in the dark suit, Larry Feldman.

01:00And Larry was representing the...

01:03Chandler.

01:03The Chandler family.

01:05This case settled for, we know, for $20 million.

01:09Michael Jackson paid the Chandler family.

01:11So, now the question is, what do they do when they're doing the biopic?

01:15Well, the movie is reportedly, the script centers, or it starts and ends

01:21with the Jordan Chandler case, with the allegation, and then the fallout from it.

01:27The problem is, the script and the movie is now in total chaos because...

01:31It's been shot.

01:33They already shot the movie, but after they shot it, they got a call saying,

01:38hey, we had this settlement, and we are not allowed...

01:40We read the document.

01:42We are not allowed to dramatize Jordan Chandler or his family in any way.

01:48They are part of the settlement.

01:49Or as Will Smith would say, keep their name out of your mouth.

01:53And they, right in the settlement, it says, you cannot talk about the Chandler family.

01:59And so now the film, Michael, is in...

02:02They have to change the script.

02:05They got to get the cast back together.

02:07Reshoot.

02:08Reshoots.

02:09And we're told that that is going to happen in March.

02:12The movie was supposed to come out in April.

02:13Now, we should say...

02:14It has now been pushed to November.

02:15And we should say one other thing.

02:16And you said that it's from Michael's point of view.

02:19They were essentially saying this was a money grab by the Chandler family, that it wasn't true.

02:23And that's the way they're painting it.

02:24Right.

02:25So...

02:26Big problems for this movie.

02:27That was very much anticipated.

02:29Still is, but it is...

02:31At earliest now, they're saying it's going to come out in November.

02:34Even though this was clearly a mistake and a miss, the estate has done an un...

02:39This is maybe the most...

02:41The biggest turnaround of an estate I've ever seen.

02:43Oh, yeah.

02:44Ever seen.

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