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Michael Jackson was in talks to make foster kids movie
Posted in Michael Jackson, Movies on the July 23, 2009
Michael Jackson was planning to co-direct and fund a movie about foster kids.
The king of pop committed to the movie a few months before his death on June 25, with work slated to begin on it after he completed his 50-date concert tour in the UK.
Bryan Michael Stoller, a friend of Jackson’s, said the music star had shown him a 1985 book by Jennings Michael Burch on Burch’s experiences in foster homes as a child.
Jackson asked Stoller to produce and co-direct a film version, which would have been called They Cage The Animals At Night. No formal deal had been signed, however, sources close to Jackson said.
Stoller said: “Michael told me often he felt like he grew up as an orphan, like a foster kid, because he never was in one home. To him every hotel was like a different foster home. He said he used to sit in the window and see kids playing outside and cry because he couldn’t be part of that.
“He was very excited about making movies and wanted his hands on everything, from working on screenplays to producing, to writing the music. However, he never showed any interest in acting.”
Source: Splash News
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