<p id=”par-1_51″>In 2019, the documentary <em>Leaving Neverland</em> premiered on HBO. The documentary digs into the child sexual abuse <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/michael-jacksons-estate-spend-15-million-removing-child-biopic.html/”>allegations against Michael Jackson</a>. While the film received overwhelmingly powerful reviews and an Emmy Award, it is no longer available to watch. The <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/leaving-neverland-director-says-michael-biopic-inauthentic-cash-grab.html/”>director, Dan Reed</a>, shared why people can no longer find it.</p>
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<p id=”par-2_16″>Shortly after the premiere <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/what-happened-michael-jackson-neverland-ranch.html/”>of <em>Finding Neverland</em></a>, sued HBO for violating a non-disparagement clause from 1992. </p>
<p id=”par-3_32″>“The Michael Jackson estate had a contract which Jackson had signed with HBO for a concert recording in Budapest in 1992,” Reed told <a href=”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/leaving-neverland-michael-jackson-dan-reed-1236571986/”>The Hollywood Reporter</a>. “The contract contained a non-disparagement clause.”</p>
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<p id=”par-4_28″>In 2024, HBO ultimately decided to remove the film from the platform. They will never make it available again. At this point, the film is not available anywhere.</p>
<p id=”par-5_58″>“The estate argued that the non-disparagement clause, which says, ‘You can’t say anything nasty about Michael,’ applied forever to everything that HBO would ever do — which is patently ridiculous,” Reed said. “Somehow the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/paris-jackson-claimed-fathers-estate-trying-mock-belittle.html/”>estate managed to persuade</a> HBO to come to an amicable settlement. And that involved, after six years on the platform, taking <em>Leaving Neverland</em> down.”</p>
<p id=”par-6_19″>Reed said that when HBO’s license will expire, he will try to find a new home for <em>Leaving Neverland</em>.</p>
<p id=”par-7_34″>“HBO has a license only until 2029,” he explained. “So after that, I can resell it and make it available again. The sequel went out on YouTube in the U.S., which is pretty unsatisfying.”</p>