Actor Joseph Fiennes has reportedly signed on to appear in the role of Michael Jackson in a forthcoming road trip drama involving the pop icon.

The one-off Sky Arts film will recount the details of a bizarre road trip the King of Pop once took with fellow legends Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando.

The trek took place in September of 2001 after Jackson invited both Taylor and Brando to attend one of his concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden.

The pair had initially planned to fly into New York and then back again but were forced to rent a car after post-9/11 airport security became too tight for their liking.

Details of the unbelievable trip were first revealed in 2011 through a Vanity Fair interview with Tim Mendelson, Taylor's personal assistant.

The trio drove from New York to Ohio, where Taylor and Brando then caught a flight.

They were spotted at various times throughout the trip stopping at unassuming locations like KFC and Burger King.