When Julien Nitzberg was hired to write a TV movie about the life of late pop star Michael Jackson and found it impossible to detail his stained legacy and make something that would be acceptable to a network.
So, he didn’t — and took the story to the stage instead.“When I said ‘no’ to the Michael Jackson biopic, I’m sure they offered the job to another writer,” said Nitzberg, whose credits include the documentary “The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia.” “I have no idea what happened to the project.
In Hollywood, they develop so many things that never get made.
My guess is that they never cracked how to tell the story.
Because no one can really know what went on in Michael’s head or house, it’s an impossible story to tell and not have it be fully, non-logically absurd.”Rather than dodge the absurdity,
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