Audiences will get to see Michael Jackson perform one more time after a judge approved a major movie deal.
- A proposed contract between Michael Jackson's estate, concert promoter AEG Live and Columbia Pictures states the movie will feature footage of the King of Pop's final rehearsals for a planned series of London comeback concerts.
- The film could also include videos prepared for display during the This Is It shows, which were due to take place at the 02 Arena.
- A Los Angeles Superior Court judge had until Monday to approve the film and allowed Jackson's mother, Katherine, to review the contracts and raise any objections.
- It comes after the same judge approved several other deals involving the singers estate, including calendars, school supplies, posters and a commemorative coin.
- He also granted authority so that reprints of Jackson's autobiography Moonwalk can be sold in China, Korea and several Eastern European countries.
- The judge also agreed to allow Jackson's estate to partner with Apple's iTunes to sell songs and videos of Jermaine Jackson's performance of the Charlie Chaplain song Smile at the pop singer's public memorial.
- The deals were presented to the judge by the current administrators of Jackson's estate. Financial details of the agreements were not disclosed.
- The judge is also considering a deal between the estate and merchandiser Bravado for worldwide distribution rights to several Jackson-themed products, including trading cards, apparel, lighters, stuffed animals that play Jackson's music and digital apparel and even tattoos for online games such as Second Life.
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