Michael Jackson's former representative and an actress who appeared in the iconic 1983 Thriller music video are suing the U.S.

The U.S. director of the 1983 Thriller video filed legal papers claiming Michael Jackson has no right to plan a stage musical version without his consent. Landis wrote and directed the breakthrough Thriller video, as well as a making-of documentary about it.

A stage musical featuring songs from Michael Jackson's Thriller album is in works, the New York-based Nederlander Organization said Monday. James L.

By Janet Kornblum When Animal House director John Landis directed Michael Jackson's music video Thriller for TV, "everyone was shocked," he says. Now they can be shocked again as Landis makes his debut today on another medium: the Internet.