Netflix ditches Michael Jackson's chimpanzee movie
Director Taika Waititi has abandoned plans to make a movie about a chimpanzee named Bubbles, who lived in Michael Jackson's house for many years. According to Collider, the director chose instead to movie the Japanese manga Akira. In turn, the streaming service Netflix, which was planning to finance this project, decided to abandon it. It is noteworthy that all this happened already at the stage of preparation for the shooting of the picture, when dozens of specialists were already involved in the creation of dolls, miniatures, sketches and elements of computer graphics. Recall. that the streaming service Netflix acquired the rights to movie Bubbles' story at the Cannes International Film Market in 2017. The deal was valued at $ 20 million.
Michael Jackson took a young chimpanzee, whom he named Bubbles, from a Texas research facility in 1983. Soon, the singer's pet began to accompany him during all concert tours and official visits. Jackson and Bubbles' friendship lasted until the mid-2000s. The matured chimpanzee began to show aggression characteristic of this species of primates, and it became dangerous to keep it at home. Bubbles was sent to a special shelter in Florida, where he still lives. The Topic of Article: Netflix ditches Michael Jackson's chimpanzee movie. |
