With Sony Music sigining a new deal with the Jackson Estate which includes computer games, is the much rumoured SingStar Michael Jackson game a step closer to reality:
Jacko's Estate Signs Record-Breaking Deal
9:13am UK, Tuesday March 16, 2010
The late King of Pop's estate has signed an unprecedented seven-year deal with Sony that is estimated to be worth more than $200m.
Michael Jackson's music sales have soared since his death
The deal involving as many as 10 new Jackson projects may include computer video games as well as music and film releases.
"We and Sony feel that the future for Michael Jackson is unlimited," said John Branca, a special administrator for the estate.
Since the singer's death on June 25 last year, Sony has sold around 31 million albums worldwide, and the company wants to expand the Jackson brand into other areas.
"The audio rights span across different projects," said Rob Stringer, chairman of Sony's US label Columbia Epic.
"There may be theatre. There may be films and movies. There may be computer games - or multimedia platforms that I don't know about today that will happen in 2015."
The deal, described by Sony and Jackson's estate as the most lucrative music contract on record, would guarantee the late singer's heirs at least $200m (£139m), according to the Wall Street Journal.
Jackson's estate, by the first anniversary of his death, is expected to have made $250m (£166m) from the sale of music, mechandise and tickets to the posthumous concert movie, This Is It.
The 50-year-old died at his rented mansion in Los Angeles after an overdose of powerful prescription drugs, as he was preparing to perform a series of comeback concerts in London.
The star's private doctor, Conrad Murray, pleaded not guilty last month to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the sudden death, but has admitted administering the drugs to the singer.
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