Janet Jackson retraces steps to the past with latest project

Janet Jackson is releasing a film about her iconic 1986 album Control.

Titled Janet Jackson: Control 40, the documentary will feature the 60-year-old music legend performing the collection in full from Amerant Bank Arena in Florida, with the recording set to take place on December 12 with multi-cameras.

Janet said, “It will be a whole new show – new costumes, new stage and maybe a little glimpse into the making of the album. It’s going to be filmed for a movie, which means that our time together will be remembered for decades.”

The performance will also feature songs from across Janet's catalogue.

Control became her first album to reach No.1 on the Billboard 200 in the US, and it produced an extraordinary run of hits.

Five of its singles:  What Have You Done for Me Lately, Nasty, When I Think of You, Control and Let’s Wait Awhile, all made it into the top five on the Billboard Hot 100.

That achievement made her the first woman to score five top five singles from one album, with When I Think of You being her first Hot 100 chart topper.

The era also set a new benchmark on the Hot 100, as Control generated a continuous 65 week stretch of charting singles.

News of the film comes after Michael star Jaafar Jackson claimed his aunt Janet has her own biopic in the works.

The That's The Way Love Goes hitmaker declined to be involved in the film about her late sibling, who died in 2009, and her nephew recently explained he thinks she wanted to be omitted from the story so it didn't cause problems for her own movie plans.

Speaking to GQ Middle East, Jaafar, who will reprise his role as the late King of Pop in a sequel to Michael, said: "I don’t want to speak too early, but Janet has ideas of maybe doing her own film.”

“So, having someone portrayed in this and then choosing a different actor for her own is just…” he said.

Jaafar also reflected on how emotional his family was when they saw an early screening of footage from Michael.

“I didn’t want to be in the room, but I was like, I should, just because it’s a lot to take in, especially portraying your family member and then having all your family there,” he recalled.

“There were some sniffles, a few cousins getting emotional. And after it ended, I just got so many hugs and a lot of support… It was a relief, because there was a lot of worry as to how it was going to be done. But once they saw my portrayal, it was a huge relief,” Jaafar explained of that time when the Jackson family saw an early screening of the film, Michael.