Michael Jackson's This Is It in theatres from October 28

Sep 22 2009 By Richard Mooney

MICHAEL Jackson fans that did not get to see the King of Pop perform at his planned concerts will next month have the chance to see footage of rehearsals and get a behind-the-scenes look at the music legend in action.

Aptly named, This is It, the movie is promising fans “a close, in-depth and personal” at MJ in the months before the show and the endless hours the "Beat It" singer spent rehearsing.
 
Sony Pictures Entertainment will be hosting over 25 global premieres, with more than 15 of those coordinated internationally on Tuesday October 27. 
 
Simultaneous with the LA Premiere at 6pm Tuesday October 27, the London Premiere will take place at 1am Wednesday October 28 at the world famous Odeon Cinema Leicester Square.
 
Following the London Premiere event, British audiences will be able to see the highly anticipated film for the first time when the film opens to the public from 4.00am on Wednesday October 28.
 
Sadly though for diehard fans, This Is It will only run for a fortnight until November 11, before the film goes on general release on DVD from December 17.
 
Tickets will go on sale worldwide to the general public this Sunday from 12.01am.
 
More than 15 cities, including London, New York, Rio De Janeiro, Berlin, Johannesburg, and Seoul will host events simultaneously, with red carpet arrivals and activities from the Los Angeles event broadcast by satellite to those cities.  Other cities, including Moscow, Tokyo, Sydney, Paris, and many others will host their own, non-simultaneous premiere activities.
 
After the worldwide celebration of the motion picture, the first public screenings of the film will begin.  For example, the first audiences in Los Angeles will see the film at 9.00pm; in New York, audiences will have the opportunity to see the film at midnight; and in London, cinemas open at 4.00am UK time.