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Lifetime's made-for-TV biopics aren't slowing down anytime soon. In 2016 alone, they produced a bevy of films on some of music’s most acclaimed artists, including Whitney Houston, Britney Spears and Toni Braxton.
However, for the new year, they have their goals set even higher: the King of Pop. This news came the same day that the Jackson family ordered for Sky Arts to cancel their <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/michael-jackson/news">Michael Jackson</a>-centric episode of <i>Urban Myths</i> due to its controversial casting.
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Tentatively titled <i>Searching for Neverland</i>, the Lifetime movie will capture Jackon's last days through the eyes of his personal bodyguards, Bill Whitfield and Javon Beard, <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/michael-jackson-searching-neverland-lifetime/" target="_blank">The Wrap</a> reports. The production also takes cues from the 2014 book, <a href="http://aax-us-east.amazon-adsystem.com/x/c/QtltKZ9x8IL1DVJplDCf8hMAAAFZonoIbwEAAAFKAVFwUcQ/https://www.amazon.com/Remember-Time-Protecting-Michael-Jackson/dp/1602862508/ref=as_at?creativeASIN=1602862508&linkCode=w50&tag=vibe-author-20&imprToken=gTpNKKamuCeEPwyFGy2iZQ&slotNum=0" data-amzn-asin="1602862508">“Remember the Time: Protecting Michael Jackson in His Final Days.”</a>
Self-proclaimed "world's greatest Michael Jackson impersonator," Navi, is set to play Jackson, making his acting debut. <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/michael-jackson-searching-neverland-lifetime/">The Wrap also reports</a> that <em>T</em><i>he Walking Dead</i> actor Chad L. Coleman will portray Whitfield.
.<i>Searching for Neverland </i>starts production in February.
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