‘Leaving Neverland’ Director Plans Third Documentary for Michael Jackson Accusers’ Trial: ‘I Hope’ It ‘Will Be a Very Dramatic Ending’

variety.com:

Ellise Shafer “Leaving Neverland” director Dan Reed is planning on making a third installment to document the forthcoming trial of Michael Jackson accusers Wade Robson and James Safechuck against the late pop star’s companies.

Reed is already following up his bombshell 2019 docuseries — in which Robson and Safechuck alleged that Jackson sexually abused them as children — with a sequel, “Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson,” premiering March 18 on Channel 4 in the U.K.

and on YouTube in the U.S. The 50-minute “Surviving Michael Jackson” primarily focuses on Robson and Safechuck’s fight to have their day in court after suing Jackson’s companies, which are governed by his estate, for neglecting to protect them from the alleged abuse.

Jackson consistently denied the allegations before his death in 2009, and his estate has continued to do so. After going back and forth in the legal system for a decade, in 2023 a California appeals court ruled that Robson and Safechuck’s combined case must go to trial, which is currently set for next year.