The Wiz (film) certain we didn't use anything from it. They made a brilliant movie, and even though our concept is different – they're Kansas, we're New York; they're white, we're black, and the score and the books are totally different – we wanted to make sure that we never overlapped in any area." Michael Jackson, a former Motown star and close friend of Diana Ross was cast as the Scarecrow. By the start of development on "The Wiz" in 1977, he and his brothers The Jacksons, had left Motown for Epic Records, though Jackson had yet to make a solo album since
Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland was watched by 2 million viewers. Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland is an American television biopic based on the 2014 book, "Remember the Time: Protecting Michael Jackson in His Final Days", written by Jackson's personal bodyguards Bill Whitfield and Javon Beard. The film follows Jackson in the final years of his life. On January 13, 2017, Lifetime announced that it had ordered a television biopic of Michael Jackson, which would be based on the book "Remember the Time: Protecting Michael Jackson in His Final Days". Production was scheduled to begin in February in Los Angeles.