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Sacha Baron Cohen Won't Be Returning to the Queen Biopic After All

Posted by: apextek on Mar 28, 20:54 in response to Strider907's post Sacha Baron Cohen to write, direct, and star in Freddie...

http://www.spin.com/articles/sacha-baron-cohen-queen-biopic-freddie-mercury-manager/

Queen guitarist Brian May says their manager was only joking when he made the announcement

March 28 2015, 3:57 PM ET

UPDATE: Queen guitarist Brian May has posted on his website that manager Jim Beach was only joking when he reported the news of Sacha Baron Cohen's return to the biopic. According to May, what he actually said was that the Bruno actor would be returning to the film to play "all four major roles." SPIN regrets the error.

After nearly a decade of uncertainty, it seems that the long-rumored Queen biopic starring Sacha Baron Cohen is back on track. According to Music Week reports, Queen's manager Jim Beach revealed during this year's Artist and Manager Awards that the Borat star had rejoined the production in an even bigger capacity than before.

Cohen was first rumored to play singer Freddie Mercury way back in 2007 with director Tom Hooper at the helm. But after a number of writers and directors circled through the project, it became clear that Cohen's vision wasn't lining up with that of the band. So in 2013 he officially left the role, but Beach said yesterday while receiving the Peter Grant award for outstanding achievement that Cohen has come back to write, produce, direct, and star in the film.

As Consequence of Sound notes, Beach didn't mention when work would begin on the production.

Sacha Baron Cohen to write, direct, and star in Freddie Mercury biopic [FREDI] Strider907 Mar 28, 09:47

Source is Daily Mail...Link inside tatoufan Mar 28, 12:12

I could see him doin that {nm} Dorfman Mar 28, 12:25

20 pennies {nm} Dorfman Mar 28, 12:25

I hope he actually does it this time round. This has been on again, off again for quite some time. {nm} tatoufan Mar 28, 12:26

could be cool movie {nm} Dorfman Mar 28, 12:29

Yeah, it's certainly a cool story. {nm} tatoufan Mar 28, 13:01

He definitely looks uncannily similar to Mercury; kind of like how Kutcher looks eerily similar to Jobs {nm} Strider907 Mar 28, 13:14

Would love to see that movie. I hope this will happen at last. {nm} Rage Mar 28, 14:19

Sacha Baron Cohen Won't Be Returning to the Queen Biopic After All apextek Mar 28, 20:54

OUCH! Fully discredited! Nice follow-up! {nm} Chateau_du_Mal_Voisin Mar 28, 23:16