Jackson set for Disneyland return

Michael Jackson’s ’Captain EO’ is moonwalking back to Disneyland.

Michael Jackson’s ’Captain EO’ is moonwalking back to Disneyland.

The theme park has announced plans to bring back the 3-D sci-fi film starring the king of pop in February, over 23 years after the attraction debuted in California.

The 17-minute film starred Jackson – who died in June – as a singing-and-dancing intergalactic commander.

It was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and executive produced by George Lucas.

In the film, Jackson leads a goofy alien and robot crew as they battle a wicked queen played by Anjelica Huston.

Captain EO originally opened in Disneyland’s Tommorrowland in 1986 and ran for more than a decade.

Identical versions later opened at other Disney theme parks. They were all closed by 1998.

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