Jaafar Jackson Channels Uncle Michael Jackson in New Biopic Picture

Michael Jackson‘s nephew Jaafar Jackson is on the point of rock your world.

Michael, a biopic in regards to the late King of Pop, is scheduled to start principal images Jan. 22, Lionsgate and Common Footage Worldwide introduced earlier this month. Jaafar, son of Michael’s brother Jermaine Jackson and ex-wife Alejandra Loaiza, will play his well-known uncle in the biopic Michael. Three days earlier than the film is about to start filming, the 27-year-old actor shared a brand new photograph of himself in character.

“The Journey Begins Monday,” Jaafar, who’s seen sporting a fedora and dancing on his toes like Michael usually did, wrote on Instagram Jan. 19. “#Michaelmovie.”

The late music icon’s son Prince Jackson, 26, the eldest of three kids, preferred the photograph.

A primary have a look at Michael was launched nearly precisely one yr in the past, in late January 2023, accompanying an announcement that Jaafar could be enjoying his uncle within the movie. In a photograph shared on the time by the actor and director Antoine Fuqua, Jaafar is proven carrying an nearly equivalent outfit to the one seen not too long ago and showcasing one other one of many singer’s signature dance strikes in entrance of a mirror.