A ‘Spectacle’ Is Coming: Michael Jackson’s Iconic Super Bowl Performance Is Getting a Documentary
Hulu and ESPN are making a feature-length documentary about Michael Jackson’s 1993 Super Bowl halftime show, with a premiere planned for February 2027. Directed by Bao Nguyen, the film will examine how the performance was put together and why it helped turn halftime into a major music event.
The documentary will include previously unseen footage of Jackson and his team, and a newly released teaser previews the film. Jackson performed at Super Bowl XXVII on 31 January 1993 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. His career included 13 US Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits, while Thriller spent 37 weeks at number one on the Billboard 200.
- Hulu and ESPN will release a documentary about Jackson’s 1993 halftime show.
- The film is due in February 2027.
- It will feature previously unseen footage of Jackson and his team.
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The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League, the main professional American football league. Its halftime show takes place between the two halves of the match and has grown into a high-profile musical performance watched by a large audience.
Michael Jackson performed at Super Bowl XXVII in 1993, at the Rose Bowl in California. By then he was one of the world’s best-known pop stars, with 13 US number-one singles and an album, Thriller, that topped the Billboard chart for 37 weeks.
The performance is remembered as a moment that helped make the halftime show a major attraction in its own right. A documentary about how it was made offers a look at the people and production behind that shift.