Michael Jackson Returns To Movies

NY (Launch) - As if Michael Jackson isn't busy enough these days, he is now going to star in and produce his first animated feature, reports AP. The Way Of The Unicorn, The Endangered One is the story of an orphan named Sailor who works with a lonely rich girl and a group of endangered animals to save the planet. Jackson will provide the voice of Sailor.
Preproduction on the $75 million film is slated to begin next month, and the movie could be in theaters nationwide by spring of 2003.

Jackson, 42, last appeared on the big screen opposite Diana Ross in 1978's The Wiz, wherein he starred as the Scarecrow. Jackson's 1986 3-D film Captain EO appeared at Disneyland and Walt Disney World's Epcot Center for 10 years.