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Leaving Neverland

April 2026

  • Leaving Neverland film-maker Dan Reed.

    ‘A false narrative around a paedophile’: Michael Jackson biopic criticised by Leaving Neverland director

  • Portrait of a Michael Jackson partly obscured by falling gold confetti

    Can a new biopic change your mind about Michael Jackson?

March 2025

  • Michael Jackson photographed in London, 1992.

    ‘I’ve had murderers try to find me. I’ve had armed people say they’ll shoot’ – Dan Reed on the fallout from his Michael Jackson films

    The documentary maker has received constant death threats from Jackson fans ever since his devastating Leaving Neverland aired. He reveals why he had to make a follow-up

February 2023

  • Michael Jackson arrives at court in June 2005

    double quotation markThis new Michael Jackson biopic will glorify a man who abused children

    Dan Reed
    The director of controversial documentary Leaving Neverland, which featured two of the singer’s young victims, says the latest film about the star sends out an unacceptable message

January 2020

  • MICHAEL JACKSON PARTY AT THE GUILDHALL IN LONDON, BRITAIN - 1988<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo By EUGENE ADEBARI / REX FEATURES MICHAEL JACKSON AND JIMMY SAFECHUCK MICHAEL JACKSON PARTY AT THE GUILDHALL IN LONDON, BRITAIN - 1988 BOY CHILD WHISPERING IN EAR

    Michael Jackson: sexual abuse lawsuits revived in appeals court

    Suits filed by James Safechuck and Wade Robson, who allege Jackson abused them as children, have been brought back

December 2019

  • Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook)

    2019 in TV
    The 50 best TV shows of 2019: the full list

  • ‘I’m amazed at how serene they’ve been through all this’: Dan Reed (centre) with Wade Robson (left) and James Safechuck.

    2019 TV: what happened next?
    ‘I was surprised how unceasing the abuse was’: the fallout from Leaving Neverland

November 2019

  • James Safechuck and Wade Robson aired their accusations earlier this year in the documentary Leaving Neverland.

    California moves to resurrect lawsuits at heart of Michael Jackson documentary

    Judges say James Safechuck and Wade Robson’s suits should be reconsidered, a high profile outcome for a new sexual abuse law

August 2019

  • Dave Chappelle

    Dave Chappelle under fire for discrediting Michael Jackson accusers in Netflix special

  • Film-maker Louis Theroux

    Louis Theroux: I backed accusers of Michael Jackson due to my time with Savile

April 2019

  • CJ as Michael Jackson

    Too toxic to touch? Tribute acts in the age of #MeToo

    You’d think it’d be a hard time to be a Michael Jackson impersonator – yet business is booming for some acts mimicking problematic stars. Jack Needham finds out more

March 2019

  • Hadley Freeman

    double quotation markMichael Jackson’s life showed us the journey from abused to abuser

    Hadley Freeman
  • Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.

    Diana Ross calls for end to criticism of Michael Jackson

  • Robson Wade and James Safechuck, pictured with Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed, are accused by the fan groups of ‘lynching’ the singer.

    Michael Jackson fan groups to sue accusers for 'sullying his memory'

  • Louis Vuitton’s January menswear show featured several pieces that paid homage to Michael Jackson that were due to go on sale in the summer.

    Michael Jackson-inspired pieces removed from Louis Vuitton collection

  • Adverts declaring Michael Jackson innocent taken off London buses

  • double quotation markI’m shocked by those who still won’t accept Michael Jackson as abuser

    Dan Reed

  • Is it still OK to listen to Michael Jackson? Fans give their verdict

  • Michael Jackson: chilling film forces America to confront singer's legacy

  • double quotation markMichael Jackson’s trick was to groom an entire culture

    Emma Brockes
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