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CinéGroupe Visit

Date confirmed in “The Globe and Mail” (archived) (“seen yesterday [September 11, 2003]”)

“The Globe and Mail” (September 12, 2003) (archived)

Megastar singer Michael Jackson is on a surprise visit in Montreal this week and was seen yesterday visiting the downtown facilities of CinéGroupe, a multimedia firm specializing in 3-D animation. He did not speak to reporters but left CinéGroupe's offices after a few hours, hopping onto a chartered minibus. He is also reported to have visited the offices of the Cirque du Soleil on Wednesday.

Dieter Wiesner, personal manager, “JacksonVillage” (July 13, 2010) (translation from German by Monika van Riesen) (mirror) (archived mirror)

Just after millennium turn, Dieter and Michael began together to materialize a new idea. MJ-Universe. This should become a huge entertainment platform, which would consists of many small companies. “Those companies had already been founded by ourselves”, said Wiesner. Then he took out of the closet a kind of business plan on which the different divisions and companies were figured with “MJ Universe” in the center of all.

„We finished everything. I found an animating company (Cinegroupe) in Canada, at which he would like to participate. The contracts were signed on Neverland.”

Dieter talks to me with animation how intelligent and visionary Michael was. He tells me about a project, which Michael planned called “Pinocchio 3000” and talks about how precisely Michael had an eye on the industry.