Instagram/Dan Reed & Michael Jackso Celebrity Unseen for years, the banned Leaving Neverland documentary resurfaces. Director Dan Reed fights to expose Michael Jackson abuse claims in a new sequel. April 25, 2026 AceShowbiz - Nearly ten years ago, filmmaker Dan Reed began work on what would become the 2019 HBO documentary Leaving Neverland, a groundbreaking and controversial film that laid bare the sexual abuse allegations against Michael Jackson made by Wade Robson and James Safechuck.