Channelling Freddie Mercury is no mean feat, but a 90-second trailer for Bohemian Rhapsody, the forthcoming biopic of the singer and Queen, the legendary British group he fronted, suggests that Mr. Robot star Rami Malek is one of the best possible candidates for the job. The trailer presents lots of recreated concert footage — with […]
Deadline reports that the long-in-development Freddie Mercury biopic, starring Ben Whishaw (Skyfall) as the late frontman of the rock band Queen, has found its director in actor-turned-filmmaker Dexter Fletcher, who recently directed the musical Sunshine on Leith. With a screenplay by Peter Morgan (The Queen), the film long had Sacha Baron Cohen attached to play […]
While the actor has been attached to the project for some time, Deadline is reporting that Sacha Baron Cohen is dropping out of the planned Freddie Mercury biopic. The site reports that the Borat star’s take on what the film should entail is not in line with the remaining members of Queen, who have final […]