Peter Morgan (The Queen) wrote the script which focuses on the band’s formation leading up to Queen’s appearance at Live Aid in 1985 which is considered one of the greatest live concert appearances of all-time. Stephen J. Rivele and Christopher Wilkinson did rewrites.
The rights to include the band’s music are secured, though it's unclear whether star Sacha Baron Cohen will sing or Mercury’s real vocals will be used.
Mercury’s death from complications with AIDS in 1991 and his last days won’t be chronicled in the film.
Graham King and Tim Headington Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal will produce
Several other filmmakers remain in the as negotiations have yet started, but Frears tops the list.
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is great to have a tribute that talks about who he was, without showing the finality ... we want to remember freddie the way he was .. i think that is how he would want us to remember him
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