The director who made a documentary about Michael Jackson s alleged child sexual abuse warned Sunday that a new Lionsgate biopic about the King of Pop will glorify a man who raped children.

It was announced last week that a movie dramatization of Jacksons life , approved by his estate, is on the way and that Jackson will be played by his nephew Jaafar Jackson .

No one is talking about canceling this movie, which will glorify a man who raped children, Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed wrote in The Guardian .

What the total absence of outrage accompanying the announcement of this movie tells us is that Jacksons seduction is still a living force, operating from beyond the grave, he continued. It seems that the press, his fans and the vast older demographic who grew up loving Jackson are willing to set aside his unhealthy relationship with children and just go along with the music.