10.15.09 MJ MOVIE: BIGGER THAN SPIDER-MAN?
I’ve been getting emails saying This Is It, the Michael Jackson concert movie, has been number one in online ticket sales on Fandango for like two weeks now, and now Nikki Finke reports that the concert company is predicting an opening bigger than Spider-Man and Harry Potter.
Execs with the concert promoter AEG also capitalizing on the singer’s death are now openly predicting that This Is It will make a staggering “$250 million in its first 5 days”. And they claim the pic is already $5 million in the black even after Sony Pictures paid $60 million for the movie rights.
But this may be my favorite AEG revelation: that the rehearsal footage including meetings and auditions and other behind-the-scenes was only shot in the first place because Michael Jackson wanted it for his personal archive. And that when the whole pre-concert production began running wildly over its $25M budget, AEG almost stopped the HD crews from filming the rehearsals to cut costs. “Michael had no concept of budget,” an AEG insider reveals. “So the thought was we might as well fire the HD crew because there was no real plan to use the footage.” As soon as AEG executives involved in organizing Michael Jackson’s 50-night schedule of shows at London’s O2 arena learned of his death, they met at Staples Center in Los Angeles and secured all of the 100 hours of rehearsal footage which Michael Jackson had done there with the intent to turn it into live albums, a movie, and TV special. As Randy Phillips, president and CEO of AEG Live, has ghoulishly boasted to the media, ”He was our partner in life and now he’s our partner in death.”
I’m not sure what’s worse, these shameless death-profiteer whores who can’t go more than a second of the trailer without tacky Michael-Jackson-as-Jesus imagery, or that there are still so many people out there who still haven’t seen enough Michael Jackson death coverage that they’re willing to spend $12 on a hastily slapped-together, two-hour love letter to profit written by an illiterate. Hey, I have an idea! They should take his body bag on 50-city tour! The Shroud of Tourin’, they could call it.
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MJ MOVIE: BIGGER THAN SPIDER-MAN?
You’ve been waiting all day to spring that Shroud of Tourin’ line on us, huh Boss?
The Shroud of Tourin’ is sponsored by Mooby the golden calf, of course.
Michael Jackson likes openings no bigger than Harry Potter.
…Michael-Jackson-as-Jesus imagery
Why not, people actually do worship him. Stupid people. And there are plenty of them.
BTK – body bag “Shroud of Tourin” is kinda brilliant.
As long as you bring money it don’t matter if you’re black or white.
AEG persists that they won’t stop til they get enough.
Before you know it, people will be sending six year olds in balloons skyward as an offering to Michael.
The shroud of tourin has a million zippers.
order tickets online and children under 12 get their pictures taken in the body bag
Michael Jackson Jesus says suffer all the little (boy) children to come unto him.
Michael Jackson Jesus gloves me, this I know.
Michael Jackson Jesus moonwalks on water.
Michael Jackson Jesus turns water into Pepsi.
Michael Jackson Jesus wants to come into your butt more than your heart.
(yeah, he’s looking at you, Webster)
Michael Jackson Jesus is in the (butt)holy trinity.
Michael Jackson Jesus wants you for a sonream.
Michael Jackson Jesus was a carpenter because he liked to work with wood.
Michael Jackson Jesus calls his little black book his book of hims.
Michael Jackson Jesus asks you to turn the other (butt)cheek.
Michael Jackson Jesus didn’t care much for Noah. He doesn’t like the little man in the boat.
Michael Jackson Jesus only wants you to eat a certain part of him.
We worship Michael Jackson Jesus on Sonday.
Michael Jackson Jesus performs man in the mirrorcles.
Oh, hi, Donk! Fuck, I was lonely.
With Michael Jackson Jesus around, you’re never alone.
Shit, you’re older than ten, aren’t you? Nevermind.
Michael Jackson Jesus loves all the little (boy) children of the world. Black and yellow, red and white, they’re all victims in his sight.
Chino, I think you’re forgetting to log onto your other hundred fake accounts.
Michael Jackson Jesus nails YOU!
New Up up.
Al, I’m just barely smart enough to keep up this one account.
Michael Jackson Jesus says that if you have a problem child on your hands, you should prey on it.
The Michael Jackson movie may be bigger than the Spider-Man movie but they’re both on the underwear of little boys just the same.
I’ll only go to see it if during the overdose he clutches his chest and yells “This is the big one! I’m comming to see you Elizabeth!”
MJ Movie: 4.4 inches?
I’D FUCK NIKKI FINKE BEFORE I’D BELIEVE HALF THE SHIT SHE WRITES.
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