Michael - the new Michael Jackson biopic chronicling the Thriller hitmaker's early life and meteoric rise to success - has sparked fresh interest in how the King of Pop died, Wonderwall.com can report. The controversy-plagued movie has become a box office hit, despite its creators failing to include any of the child s***** abuse accusations that marred the iconic singer's career in his later years. His nephew Jaafar Jackson, who is the son of Michael's sibling Jermaine Jackson, plays the pop icon in the film.