From Michael Jackson to Liza Minnelli: musicals and biographies among the main premieres of 2026

From Michael Jackson to Liza Minnelli: musicals and biographies among the main premieres of 2026

In cinemas, 2026 will be a year marked by the return of successful sagas, the focus on great musicals and several biographical productions.

The biographical film uses his own name as the title. Jaafar Jackson, Michael Jackson’s nephew, plays the King of Pop. The film focuses on the legacy of the artist, who died in 2009, aged 50, without going into more personal issues, such as suspicions of child abuse. His own daughter, Paris Jackson, stepped away from the project. The premiere is scheduled for April.

In January, Neil Diamond’s music will serve as the soundtrack to Song Sung Blue”the film that tells the story of a couple who created a tribute duo to the American artist, now 84 years old. Hugh Jackman e Kate Hudson are the protagonists.

“Liza Minnelli: The Incredible and Absolutely True Story” is a first-person documentary, with testimonies about the daughter of director Vincente Minnelli and actress Judy Garland, who managed to achieve fame after her mother’s death in the 1970s.

At the beginning of the year, the winner of the Golden Lion at the last Venice Festival. Musician Tom Waits returns to work with director Jim Jarmusch on “Father, Mother, Sister, Brother”a film about the relationship between parents and adult children in three different geographies.

Twenty years after the first film, Meryl Streep e Anne Hathaway return to perform in “The Devil Wears Prada 2”. Also the animated film “Toy Story 5” also arrives in cinemas, posing a current question: Will technology replace toys?

to saga Duneinspired by Frank Herbert’s books, returns with Denis Villeneuve to direct the third film and Timothée Chalamet as the protagonist.

The premiere is scheduled for December 17ththe date on which another Marvel film also hits the cinema: “Vingadores: Doomsday” marks the return of Chris Evans as Steve Rogers.

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