Michael Jackson will be the star of a film to be released on October 28, some four months after his death. The film will be primarily cut from footage of Jackson rehearsing for the series of concerts that would have taken place at the O2 in London, but will also feature interviews with Jackson's family and friends. The film becomes possible after AEG Live, the promoter of the O2 concerts, reached an US$60 million agreement with Columbia Pictures for over 100 hours of footage of Jackson preparing for his swan song. "He was the architect of 'This is it', and we were his builders..." said Kenny Ortega, Jackson's collaborator on the project "...it was clear that he was on his way to another theatrical triumph."