London, July 1 (IANS) Late Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine is planning to produce a number of movies on her son’s life.

Katherine has reportedly teamed up with her new business partner Howard Mann, who collaborated on her recently-released coffee table book, for a series of films about the King of Pop.

Mann has allegedly paid millions of dollars to Jackson’s former business partner Marc Schaffel for 26 hours of footage of the singer from his childhood to use in the movies.

The clips, along with Katherine’s extensive home-video collection, will form the basis of the big-screen ventures, reports contactmusic.com.

Katherine and Mann are also said to be negotiating record deals to release 273 unheard songs by the late singer.