The producers of the documentary This Is It, which chronicles Michael Jackson’s final days rehearsing for a 50-date concert engagement, are pushing back against reports that they used a fake King of Pop in several dance scenes. Jackson’s father, Joe, sparked the rumors when he told a London newspaper that the film, which premieres this week, features “mostly body doubles.” A spokesman for Sony, which is distributing the film, told TMZ.com that audiences would soon be able to see for themselves that every frame in the film is “unquestionably Michael.”
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