Miniseries · HBO
Leaving Neverland
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
James Safechuck
Self
2 eps
Wade Robson
Self
2 eps
Michael Jackson
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Shane Robson
Self
2 eps
Stephanie Safechuck
Self
2 eps
Macaulay Culkin
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Janet Jackson
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Britney Spears
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Paris Jackson
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Jermaine Jackson
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Lisa Marie Presley
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Gloria Allred
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Joe Jackson
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1 eps
Diana, Princess of Wales
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1 eps
Stevie Wonder
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1 eps
King Charles III of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1 eps
George Wendt
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1 eps
Katherine Jackson
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Leaving Neverland actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Leaving Neverland reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
Explores the experiences of James Safechuck and Wade Robson, who were both befriended and sexually abused by singer Michael Jackson, and the complicated feelings that led them both to confront their experiences.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Nancy AbrahamProducer
- Owen PhillipsProducer
- Dan ReedProducer
Direction
- Dan ReedDirector
Music
- Chad HobsonOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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