Even with that, the average continual on-screen footage of any one person is 10-15 seconds, with the rest of the story being conveyed through edited voice-overs, imagery and drone shots. In a post-debut media interview, Dan Reed claimed that Wade had to tell his " truths" multiple times because his " camera broke," so what is seen in the film comes from filtered and refined retakes. Leaving Neverland is the result of exhaustive splicing and editing of at least 40-50 hours of interview footage across many takes and multiple days, to convey the most emotional and believable end result. No interviews were solicited to counter the newfound allegations made only years after Jackson had died. While Reed contends Jackson's side is included, this consists only of several minutes of archival footage relating to the Chandler allegations (for which Jackson was never charged) and the Arvizo allegations (for which he was fully exonerated). However, Reed still spends significant time in the film interviewing far more detached family members of Wade and James, who were likewise " not in the room." This includes Wade's grandmother and brother from the other side of the world, and their wives who never knew any of these parties during the pertinent time-frame. After this, Wade Robson drafted a tell-all book where he suddenly claimed abuse, and shopped it to three uninterested publishers before pursuing other more lucrative revenue-generating options, namely the civil lawsuit.ĭan Reed claims that he never bothered to interview anyone in Michael Jackson's circle because " none of them were in the room" when the alleged abuse occurred. Around the same time, Wade had been begging the estate to hire him to choreograph the highly lucrative MJ:One tribute show, but a competing choreographer was cast instead. In 2011, Wade sold all of his valuable MJ memorabilia to Julian's Auctions because "he needed the money" after expunging years of time and cash on failed film initiatives-the items seen burning at the end of Leaving Neverland are of no value or significance. The film omits countless facts and revelations about the stars that underscore their believably and motives. Thousands of pages of discovery were obtained by the estate throughout the various failed lawsuits by these men, but Dan Reed had no interest in reviewing any of it. Dan Reed kept the film secret until announcing it days before the premiere at Sundance in 2019, giving the estate no chance to respond or dispute any of the claims within it. This is evidenced, for example, with the inclusion of James' proven false claim of abuse in the upstairs of the iconic Neverland train station circa 1988-1989, when the train station was not constructed until 1994 (two years after James swore in court all abuse had ended and 4-6 years after the depicted timeline in the film).įor more than six years now, Michael Jackson's estate has successfully fought the financially motivated civil litigation, which spanned seven amended complaints and two sets of shared lawyers by Wade and James. Dan Reed also failed to perform even the most basic fact-checking of these allegations before broadcasting them to the world. Wade Robson (2012 Note to Self) Overviewĭan Reed, the director of Leaving Neverland, deliberately avoided contacting anyone who'd factually dispute the claims made by Wade Robson and James Safechuck. "My story of abuse and its effects will make me relatable / relevant." "It's time for me to get mine!"
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