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Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson

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Continuing the story of Wade Robson and James Safechuck on their decade-long quest to have their day in court against Michael Jackson's companies. Produced by the award-winning AMOS Pictures and filmed over five years with full access to Wade, James, their families and legal teams, Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson tells the story of a difficult journey and its many twists, turns and setbacks. Returning multi award-winning director Dan Reed documents the second stage of Wade and James's quest which is now close to fruition. The third and final film will cover the trial, scheduled for late 2026, thus completing the Leaving Neverland trilogy. If their cases are successful, the potential positive impact on the United States' entertainment industry will be huge. Music and movie companies will no longer be able to shrug off responsibility when one of their stars sexually abuses a minor in their care. The documentary also examines the impact of its 2019 predecessor Leaving Neverland and of Oprah Winfrey's follow-up program on the two men and their families, and on the hard-core MJ fan community.

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Sam Adams Slate On its own, Leaving Neverland 2 is, unfortunately, not much to speak of. Mar 24, 2025 Full Review Dan Einav Financial Times With a big-budget Hollywood biopic, Michael, due for release in October, it seems only right that Leaving Neverland 2 reminds us of the serious accusations skirted by these Jackson estate-approved productions. Rated: 3/5 Mar 24, 2025 Full Review Phil Harrison Independent (UK) If this update achieves anything, it’s to act as a reminder of the bleak power and ongoing impact of Reed’s original film. We all left Neverland; we can never go back. Rated: 3/5 Mar 22, 2025 Full Review Stephen Silver The SS Ben Hecht I love Michael’s music, he was a one-of-a-kind artist, and I don’t think it’s at all possible that every one of his many accusers is lying. Apr 4, 2025 Full Review Ed Power iNews.co.uk By fixating on the legal aspects of the story, the music industry which continues to make millions off Jackson’s tainted legacy is left entirely off the hook. Rated: 2/5 Apr 2, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Kristian B More lies and false information. We already know the truth and it’s not in this documentary. Definitely would not watch again. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/27/25 Full Review John M Towards the end, the program tries to say that the big money of the Jackson estate is why it has been hard for these two to make their case; yet the interview with the Popcorned Planet guy who is independent of the Jackson estate and wants to try to sort out contradictions in Leaving Neverland, it gets cut-off. Many of us are really open-minded to a notion that there could have been some abuse and it's getting covered up. But Safechuck and Robson have to tell us -- without changing the story -- what abuse happened, when did it start, give actual dates when you were really there in the same country, not vague stories that you were abused in the train station (which hadn't been built until after you stopped seeing MJ) or that you burned his memorabilia or had this or that feelings. Jordy Chandler's story is totally messed-up by what his father did, Arvisos simply were not telling the truth. There is basically no one else who said Jackson abused them. This documentary introduces a story that a young girl was abused by Jackson. What was her name? For someone who was full-time hanging around with kids 24 hours a day for years, if some abuse happened, fine, there should be a lot of proof. Dan Reed said after making Leaving Neverland that after seeing it dozens of abused kids would get the courage to come forward. Where are they? We still only have Robson and Safechuck. A general policy -- some general judges instructions -- are that if a witness has already changed their story once, it has little credibility in court. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/26/25 Full Review Shaun R Michael Jackson is a despicable human being, and it’s about time the victims are heard. Just because he can sing and dance it doesn’t mean he is innocent. I’m glad this documentary highlights this Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/23/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Dan Reed

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Wade Robson

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Jimmy Safechuck

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Dan Reed

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Marguerite Gaudin

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Synopsis Continuing the story of Wade Robson and James Safechuck on their decade-long quest to have their day in court against Michael Jackson's companies. Produced by the award-winning AMOS Pictures and filmed over five years with full access to Wade, James, their families and legal teams, Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson tells the story of a difficult journey and its many twists, turns and setbacks. Returning multi award-winning director Dan Reed documents the second stage of Wade and James's quest which is now close to fruition. The third and final film will cover the trial, scheduled for late 2026, thus completing the Leaving Neverland trilogy. If their cases are successful, the potential positive impact on the United States' entertainment industry will be huge. Music and movie companies will no longer be able to shrug off responsibility when one of their stars sexually abuses a minor in their care. The documentary also examines the impact of its 2019 predecessor Leaving Neverland and of Oprah Winfrey's follow-up program on the two men and their families, and on the hard-core MJ fan community.
Director
Dan Reed
Producer
Dan Reed, Marguerite Gaudin
Production Co
Amos Pictures, Little Dot Studios
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
53m