Work has begun on the film about Michael Jackson

Graham King, producer of "Bohemian Rhapsody," a singer Queen Freddie Mercury, got the rights to create biopic about the life of Michael Jackson. It will be engaged in a script by John Logan ( "The Last Samurai," "Gladiator"). About it reports Deadline, citing its own sources.

King and Logan had previously worked together on the film "The Aviator," Martin Scorsese - stories about the life of a brilliant pilot and entrepreneur. In the film, the hero shown multifaceted, highlighting not only the successes but also tormented his obsessive-compulsive disorder and germofobiyu. It is reported that the film about Jackson, too, nothing will not hide - given contradictory legendary figure, it will be interesting to see how to deal with the creators.

So far, the project is not tied to a specific studio: before pitching want to finish the script. Candidates for the title role, too, were not disclosed.