Footage showing Michael Jackson's rehearsals for what would have been his final tour could be turned into a movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The trade mag reports that over 100 hours of material was shot showing the singer - who died last Thursday - performing his back catalogue in preparation in for the 'This is It' tour, which was scheduled to play at the 02 Arena later in the year.

AEG Live, who organised the tour, owns the rights to the footage (which they released a snippet of yesterday) and could potentially also use it to create live albums and a pay-per-view TV special.

The material - some of which was shot in high definition - apparently includes Jacko performing hits "Thriller" and "Beat it" , as well as the star in production meetings and auditions.

Like a good zombie outbreak, you can't keep the Left 4 Dead news down for long. It appears that Valve is gearing up for a brand new Left 4 Dead downloadable content announcement before the end of the summer months. At a press event in London earlier today, Doug Lombardi told CVG that plans are in the works to bolster the support of the original game for both the PC and 360. "We plan to keep supporting ... Read more »