Michael Jackson's Halloween is a one-hour animated Halloween special that premiered on CBS at 8:00 PM EST on October 27, 2017. Two teens are sent on an unexpected, magical adventure of personal discovery, culminating in a spectacular dance finale featuring an animated Michael Jackson.
The special was produced by Splash Entertainment in collaboration with the Michael Jackson estate. John Branca and John MacClain, co-executors of the Estate of Michael Jackson, serve as executive producers. It is produced by Daniel Chuba and directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé. The special was also created and produced by Optimum Productions, the company owned by Jackson's estate, with animation production by Hammerhead.
Plot[]
A young man and woman, Vincent and Victoria , cross paths on Halloween night. As a result of their meeting, they and Victoria's boss' dog, Ichabod, find themselves in a "magical adventure of personal discovery" at the This Place Hotel, located at 777 Jackson Street. They meet the bellhop chimp Bubbles, the scarecrow groundskeeper Hay Man , spider security guard Generalissimo Meriweather ), and mad scientist cat Franklin Stein who they join in stopping the tyrannical witch Conformity (Lucy Liu) from getting rid of music and dancing.
The story culminates in a dance finale featuring an animated version of Michael Jackson himself (voiced using his music and archival recordings).
Cast and Crew[]
Cast[]
- Lucas Till
- Kiersey Clemons
- Jim Parsons
- George Eads
- Alan Cumming
- Christine Baranski
- Lucy Liu
- Brad Garrett
Crew[]
- Directors
- Mark A.Z. Dippé
- Kyung Ho Lee
- Writers
- Scott Clevenger
- Mark A.Z. Dippé
- Tim Hill
- Produced by
- John Branca: executive producer
- Daniel Chuba: producer
- Bill Damaschke: consulting producer
- Karen Langford: producer for the Michael Jackson Estate
- Michael Lessa: line producer
- John McClain: executive producer
- Anthony Talauega: choreographer
- Richmond Talauega: choreographer