The 15-year-old daughter of the late Michael Jackson is signed on to play the heroine in Lundon’s Bridge and the Three Keys, an adaptation of a book by the same name. Despite her recent troubles, the film’s producers still plan on Jackson playing the part.
“I gotta say yes,” Dennis Christen, who wrote the book and screenplay is one of the film’s producers, tells The Daily Beast when asked if Jackson remains attached to the film. “It’s the first signs of trouble, and we don’t want to be the kinds of producers that say, OK, you’re out. We want to back her. She is right now our girl.”
This is just the latest hiccup for the film, which boasts a plot and distribution strategy that is, to say the least, unusual.
When Jackson’s casting was announced in
December 2011, reports quickly surfaced on how controversial her foray into the spotlight was among her family. Her aunt Janet, in particular, was said to be “furious” that Paris was permitted to sign on for the film, as the family had apparently agreed to honor Michael’s wishes that his children stay out of show business until they turn 18. “You’re only a child once,” she reportedly told Paris.
With five films ahead of her, Jackson will be 22 or 23 years old by the time production on the Lundon’s Bridge series wraps—perhaps 25 or 26, Dennis concedes, if production on each sequel takes as long as this first one. Already, her image has been added to the book cover.
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