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It's Official: Cohen Will Rock You


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Producers have confirmed recent reports that comedian Sacha Baron Cohen will play late rocker Freddie Mercury in a biopic.

 

The official blog for production company GK Films said Thursday that "Baron Cohen will play the legendary front man of the iconic rock band Queen, and the currently untitled drama will focus on the years leading up to Queen's appearance at the historic Live Aid concert in 1985 when the band famously took the event by storm."

 

Peter Morgan (The Queen -- no lack of irony there, eh?) is currently writing the screenplay. Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal's Tribeca Productions and Queen Films will produce along with Graham King and his GK Films shingle.

 

King said in a statement, "Queen is one of the greatest rock bands of all time, and a music brand all unto itself. Freddie Mercury was an awe-inspiring performer, so with Sacha in the starring role coupled with Peter's screenplay and the support of Queen, we have the perfect combination to tell the real story behind their success."

 

Filming begins in 2011. No director has been announced yet.

 

Cohen also appears in the King-produced adaptation of Hugo Cabret for director Martin Scorsese.

 

Source - IGN.com

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