Lifetime has announced it is prepping a biopic on the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Based on a 2014 book from two of Jackson’s personal security guards, “Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland” (the film’s working title) will trace the singer’s final years.
Currently in pre-production, the film will begin shooting in Los Angeles in February.
“Searching for Neverland” is told through the lens of Bill Whitfield and Javon Beard, who worked as Jackson’s bodyguards.
Whitfield and Beard’s firsthand account details the extreme measures they took to protect Jackson and his family, their times of solace and the singer’s ill-fated “This Is It” London residency (the superstar was rehearsing for the comeback shows when he died at age 50 in 2009).
Navi, who bills himself as the “World’s No. 1” Michael Jackson impersonator, will make his acting debut as the King of Pop.
Suzanne De Passe, who helped develop the Jackson 5 when they were young boys will executive produce.
