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    Michael Jackson's Estate Demands 'Leaving Neverland' Director Hand Over Materials Relating to Sequel

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    Filmmaker Dan Reed has been hit with subpoenas by the lawyers representing the late King of Pop’s estate as the director is working on a sequel to his Emmy award-winning documentary.

    Oct 22, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Director Dan Reed is working on a sequel to his Emmy award-winning documentary “Leaving Neverland”.
    Wade Robson and James Safechuck’s allegations that Michael Jackson sexually assaulted them when they were minors formed the basis of Reed’s previous documentary for Channel 4 and HBO.
    And now, according to Deadline, Reed has been filming Robson and Safechuck in their fight against Jackson’s legacy companies MJJ Productions and MJJ Ventures in Los Angeles Superior Court.
    However, while Reed is attempting to use the footage for a follow-up movie for Channel 4, he and his production company Amos Pictures have apparently been served with subpoenas on 21 September (20) demanding he appears in a deposition and hand over documents and materials relating to “Leaving Neverland” and its potential sequel.
    Following the subpoenas, Jackson’s attorneys filed a brief in which they attempted to discredit Reed by making various allegations including that he paid Safechuck and Robson to appear in his films – while also trying to ban him from filming inside the courtroom.

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    Hitting back, Reed filed his own motion to quash the subpoenas – stating that as he is a U.K. resident and Amos Pictures doesn’t operate in California, it would be hard for a judge to make him hand over production materials.
    “The follow-up documentary for which I am currently filming in these cases is about current events taking place partly in public view and will be an unfolding narrative with multiple points of view,” he said in the 79-page motion, which was supported by a declaration from Louisa Compton – the head of Channel 4’s news and current affairs.
    “In particular, we at Channel 4 oppose their effort to use subpoenas to try to force Reed and his company to turn over all of their unpublished materials and drag this journalist into depositions,” she said.
    A hearing on Reed’s motion to quash the subpoenas will take place on 9 April (21).
    Deadline added that HBO is “unlikely to be involved in the second Leaving Neverland film” – due to their “own ongoing legal dispute with the Jackson estate.”
    Apparently, Amos Pictures is currently shopping around for another U.S. co-production partner.

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      'Leaving Neverland' and 'Watchmen' Among Nominees at 2020 Peabody Awards

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      The Michael Jackson documentary and the DC Comics series land a nomination each at the Peabody Awards, joining ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ and ‘Stranger Things’ among others.
      May 7, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Stirring Michael Jackson documentary “Leaving Neverland” and TV series “Watchmen” and “Stranger Things” are among the nominees for the Peabody Awards.
      “Leaving Neverland”, which chronicles sexual molestation allegations made against the late King of Pop by James Safechuck and Wade Robson, will compete for the documentary prize alongside the “Surviving R. Kelly” series, which explores the years of misconduct claims made against the veteran R&B singer.
      Other nominees in that category include 2020 Oscar Documentary (Feature) winner “American Factory”, “Apollo 11”, “Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men”, and “For Sama”.
      The Entertainment section features hit series “Fleabag”, “Watchmen”, “Chernobyl”, “Stranger Things”, “Succession”, and “When They See Us”, the acclaimed Netflix miniseries from Ava DuVernay about the wrongful convictions of the Central Park Five.
      Meanwhile, among those competing for the Podcast title are pop culture series “Dolly Parton’s America”, criminal justice reform show 70 Million, and “The Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow”, about how he helped to bring disgraced producer and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein to justice.
      Nominations for the annual ceremony, organised by officials at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia to honour compelling and empowering TV, radio, and digital media programming from the past year, were unveiled on Wednesday, May 6, 2020.
      Winners are typically celebrated at an in-person gala, but the coronavirus pandemic recently forced producers to cancel plans to stage their ceremony in Los Angeles for the first time on June 18, 2020.
      A new date for the winners to be unveiled has yet to be announced.

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