<s>On November 18, 2022, Sony Music released Thriller 40, a 40th-anniversary reissue of Thriller including a bonus disc containing outtakes from the original recording sessions.[168] The 2022 reissue was followed by a 2023 documentary.</s>
''Thriller 40'' is a reissue of the ''Thriller'' album, with a bonus disc containing recording session outtakes, released on November 18, 2022. A companion documentary film was released to Showtime / Paramount+ on December 2, 2023, directed by [[Nelson George]], the film focuses on studio stories told by the original artists involved in the 1983 recording sessions. In anticipation of the fortieth anniversary, Anthony Marinelli (programmer / synthesizers) and Steven Ray (executive assistant to Quincy Jones), hosted a music -focused podcast...