Was Michael Jackson in the scary movies?

In Scary Movie 3, Michael Jackson does not ask his assailant once if they are ok. This is because he was not struck by a smooth criminal, but a regular one (Charlie Sheen and his misdemeanor charge). from shittymoviedetails

Controversial pop star Michael Jackson is suing the makers of spoof film Scary Movie 3 about a Jackson-related child sex joke, according to American website People News.

According to the report, lawyers are in the process of trying to get both the trailer and the ending of the film cut to remove all reference to kids, Jackson, or both.

But media law specialists think Jackson will struggle to enforce any changes because of the protections the US constitution provides to parodies and comedies.

Jackson was the focus of a police investigation in 1993, following allegations he sexually abused a 14-year-old boy. The case was eventually closed after a secret out-of-court settlement.

Michael Jackson's Ghosts is a 1996 short film starring Michael Jackson, directed by Stan Winston, and written by Stephen King and Mick Garris. It is based on a story by Garris, Jackson and King.

Ghosts tells the story of an eccentric man with supernatural powers being forced out of a small town by its judgmental mayor. Jackson plays five roles, and performs dance routines set to the songs "2 Bad", "Is It Scary" and "Ghosts", taken from his albums HIStory (1995) and Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix (1997).

Ghosts was filmed and released in 1996 and released along with select prints of the horror film Thinner, and was first screened in the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It was released as promo a year later internationally on LaserDisc, VHS and Video CD. It was a commercial failure.

The mayor of Normal Valley leads a mob to the mansion of the Maestro, who has been entertaining local children with magic tricks and ghost stories. The children assure the parents the Maestro has done nothing wrong, but the mayor intends to banish him as a "freak".

The Maestro challenges the mayor to a "scaring contest": the first to become scared must leave. He performs magic tricks and dance routines with a ghostly horde, then possesses the mayor, forcing him to dance. After the performance, the Maestro agrees to leave and crumbles to dust, but returns as an enormous ghoul. Terrified, the mayor leaps through the window. The families agree that they had fun and allow the Maestro to stay.

Production[edit]

Ghosts began production in 1993 under the title Is it Scary? with the director Mick Garris, planned for release in conjunction with the family comedy film Addams Family Values.[2] Following contract disputes, the Addams Family connection was dropped. Stan Winston, who was previously in charge of makeup and visual effects, took over as director when Garris left to make the Shining miniseries.[2] According to Garris, Ghosts was the most expensive music video ever made, at around $15 million dollars, all paid for by Jackson.[3]

  • Michael Jackson as Maestro / Mayor / Mayor Ghoul / Superghoul / Skeleton
  • Pat Dade as Pat
  • Amy Smallman as Amy
  • Edwina Moore as Edwina
  • Dante Beze as Dante
  • Seth Smith as Seth
  • Kendall Cunningham as Kendall
  • Loren Randolph as Loren
  • Heather Ehlers as Heather

Choreographers[edit]

Dancers[edit]

  • Michael Balderrama
  • Troy Burgess
  • John "Havic" Gregory
  • M.G. Gong
  • Heather Harley
  • Paula Harrison
  • Shawnette Heard
  • Cris Judd
  • Richard Kim
  • Dorie Konno
  • Kelly Konno
  • Suzi McDonald
  • Courtney Miller, Jr
  • Nikki Pantenburg
  • Travis Payne
  • Mia Pitts
  • Charlie E. Schmidt
  • Joie Shettler
  • Yuko Sumida
  • Anthony Talauega
  • Richmond Talauega
  • Lisa Joann Thompson
  • Mic Thompson
  • Stacy Walker
  • Michelle Weber
  • Jason Yribar

The original orchestral score was composed by Nicholas Pike. In 2021 the soundtrack was released on the web from the non promotional CD.

The Michael Jackson songs are the following ones:

  • "2 Bad" (film version)
  • "Is It Scary" (film version)*
  • "Ghosts"
    • Taken from Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix

Release[edit]

Ghosts was screened out of competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.[5] At over 38 minutes long, it held the Guinness world record for the longest music video until 2013, when it was eclipsed by Pharrell Williams' "Happy".[6] In 2020, the film was available on Jackson’s YouTube channel from October 29 to November 1.

In December 1997, towards the end of promotion for Michael Jackson's remix album Blood on the Dance Floor, a Deluxe Collector Box Set of Ghosts was released only in Europe. The box set included a VHS release of Jackson's Ghosts mini-movie on home video and his Blood on the Dance Floor album on CD, as well as a CD maxi single named the Limited Edition Minimax CD. "On the Line" was the first track on this single.[7]

Reception[edit]

Ghosts was a commercial failure.[8] The AV Club writer Nathan Rabin described it as a "staggeringly blunt" allegory for Jackson's life and pop culture status; he described it as "clunky, leaden, and overblown".[8] He attributed its failure to Jackson's place in the public imagination at the time, in light of Jackson's recent divorce from Lisa Marie Presley and the 1993 child molestation allegations against him.[8]

On the Line[edit]

"On the Line" is a song co-written and produced by Babyface. Michael Jackson performs the track and is also credited in its writing (on the writing credits of The Ultimate Collection). It was originally recorded by Jackson for the Spike Lee movie Get on the Bus (1996), but it was not featured on the soundtrack.[7][9]

The full-length version of the song was released on November 16, 2004 as an album track of his limited edition box set The Ultimate Collection.[7][10]

Who played Michael Jackson in the Scary Movie?

Scary Movie 4 (2006) - Edward Moss as Michael Jackson - IMDb.

Did Michael Jackson appear in any movies?

In 1978, Jackson appeared in his first film, The Wiz. It was nominated for four awards at the 51st Academy Awards. Jackson later starred in Disney's Captain EO in 1986, the anthology film Moonwalker in 1988 and the posthumous documentary This Is It in 2009.

What Scary Movie was Michael in?

Michael Myers is a fictional character from the Halloween series of slasher films. He first appears in John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) as a young boy who murders his elder sister, Judith Myers. Fifteen years later, he returns home to Haddonfield, Illinois, to murder more teenagers.

Who played Michael Jackson in Scary Movie 3?

Scary Movie 3 (2003) - Edward Moss as MJ - IMDb.