A long-shelved piece of George Michael's history is finally headed to the big screen. George Michael: The Faith Tour, an unreleased concert film capturing the singer at the height of his late-1980s superstardom, has landed distribution ahead of a planned worldwide theatrical release later in 2026. Universal Pictures Content Group will handle the film internationally, while Bleecker Street's Crosswalk label releases it in North America — with exclusive early-access screenings in partnership with IMAX.
The film documents Michael during the European leg of his blockbuster Faith Tour, drawn from performances at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in 1988. For fans, its value is largely in what has never been seen: the footage has sat unreleased for decades, and the movie promises material from one of the definitive tours of the era.
A concert shot like a film
What sets the project apart is how it was captured. The concert was filmed over two nights with a 14-camera setup on 35mm film — an unusually cinematic approach for a live show at the time — and that raw material has now been assembled into what its distributors are billing as both a visual and audio event, restored and reworked for premium theatrical formats rather than a simple archival dump. The result is meant to play as a theatrical experience, not a bootleg recovered from a vault.
The film is directed by Andy Morahan and David Austin, both longtime George Michael collaborators, lending the project a direct connection to the artist's own creative circle rather than an outside reinterpretation of his work.
The release plan
George Michael: The Faith Tour is slated for a late-2026 worldwide theatrical rollout in premium formats, with the North American IMAX screenings positioned as a marquee draw. Screenings will open with an original short film by Mary McCartney, giving the presentation an added layer beyond the concert itself.
The release continues a steady stream of projects keeping Michael's music and legacy in front of new audiences in the years since his death in 2016. By reviving a pristine, purpose-shot record of the Faith era — the album and tour that turned him from pop idol into a global solo force — the film offers both longtime fans and newer listeners a chance to see one of the period's biggest performers exactly as he was on stage, on the largest screens available.
