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Michael Jackson performing at the Super Bowl XXVII halftime show Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty Images A new documentary examining the production and legacy of Michael Jackson’s Super Bowl XXVII halftime show will arrive on Hulu and ESPN next year.
Spectacle: Michael Jackson at the Super Bowl will offer a deep dive into the famed 1993 performance at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. It’ll feature an array of never-before-seen footage of Jackson and his team preparing for the performance, and explore how it set a new standard of pop spectacle for the halftime show.
Landing at Number 16 on Rolling Stone’s rankings of Super Bowl halftime shows, Jackson’s show opened with a voice-over introduction from James Earl Jones, after which the King of Pop was launched onto the stage via trapdoor. He then stood there, silent, for nearly two minutes, as the crowd cheered.
Jackson went on to perform a set list with hits like “Billie Jean,” “Black or White,” and “We Are the World.” On the latter song, as well as closer “Heal the World,” Jackson was joined by a choir comprising 3,000 children from the Los Angeles area.
Spectacle: Michael Jackson at the Super Bowl was directed by Bao Nguyen, who helmed The Greatest Night in Pop, the 2024 doc about the making of “We Are the World.” An exact release date hasn’t been announced, but the film is slated to arrive sometime in February.
