
“Leaving Neverland” director Dan Reed says the public can’t see Michael Jackson as a pedophile because he has “metastasized into something much bigger than who he actually was": "He’s become part of the collective imagination, and the collective imagination can never include the fact that he’s a pedophile. It’s just not possible. You can’t say, God, that guy liked to have sex with children, but isn’t his music great? That’s not a narrative people can hold in their minds." variety.com/2026/film/feat…





















