Freddie Mercury biopic 'probably won't happen' (Peter Morgan via BBC)

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The world doesn't need a Freddie Mercury movie any more than it needs Freddie Mercury comics, Freddie Mercury trading cards, a Freddie Mercury beer brand or Freddie Mercury colouring books.[/QUOTE]

you can call me an @sshole but I am interestet in that beer brand :)

I think SBS backed out because he tried to train but found that he could not sing. Miming to another singer's voice would reduce his chances of getting an Oscar, which is the goal of any actor. He probably prefers the movie to be on the personal life rather than the singing life to overcome his difficulty in singing like Freddie.

Thank christ for that. There has never been a good bio-pic of a musician and this wouldn't have set the bar very high either. The only interesting thing about Freddie's life to those outside of his fanbase was his hedonistic lifestyle and none of us wants to see a film concentrating on that, do we.

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I think SBS backed out because he tried to train but found that he could not sing. Miming to another singer's voice would reduce his chances of getting an Oscar, which is the goal of any actor. He probably prefers the movie to be on the personal life rather than the singing life to overcome his difficulty in singing like Freddie.

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It sounds much more likely that the band wanted a fluff piece, and the movie makers wanted a serious movie.

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[b]tcc wrote: [/b] I think SBS backed out because he tried to train but found that he could not sing. Miming to another singer's voice would reduce his chances of getting an Oscar, which is the goal of any actor. He probably prefers the movie to be on the personal life rather than the singing life to overcome his difficulty in singing like Freddie.

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He mimed Sweeney Todd, he tried singing but did not make the grade, a lot of people still think that was him singing but it was not.

It will be back on shortly, it's only one part that needs casting, admittedly the important one, but hardly a reason for the film to be shelved, 90% of hollywood films have casting defections and upsets right up till the camera rolls, they will simply find another actor and get on with it.

It's probably best that this film doesn't get made. I said from the beginning SBC was a horrible choice for Freddie and now that he's out, they should just let it go. I don't know too many UK actors, but I can tell you, there's no one in Hollywood that can play this part. Then again, this movie might work if they cast a young, unknown Middle Eastern/Asian actor, who knows?

It's not a definitive shelving of the project by any means, just the opinion of somebody who was involved in the project until his script was rejected. SBC leaving the production is not the reason PM thinks the production will be halted, the reason why SBC left coupled by the rejection of PM's script is the motivation behind PM's comment, backed up be years of knowledge and experience in watching fools out of their depth watering down great ideas for personal gain. The "producers" are damn lucky Robert De Niro is a fan and a friend lord knows anyone else would have to them to go fuck themselves back in March when it all began to go pear shaped. Sooner or later this project will be dropped by it's current backers, the only way it will go ahead is if QP fund it, when they realise the only way to move forward is to put their own money behind it then they will back out.

The Freddie Mercury Biopic
Produced by Brian May and Roger Taylor
Directed by The Torpedo Twins
Hell no.

Apparently still going strong....

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Of course it's still going, way too much money and time involved to stop it just because an actor has walked, they will simply get another one, you can't tell me there aren't hundreds of actors out there that wouldn't love to get the part. It may well go to an unknown, but either way I would say with 100% certainty that it will get made

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Of course it's still going, way too much money and time involved to stop it just because an actor has walked, they will simply get another one, you can't tell me there aren't hundreds of actors out there that wouldn't love to get the part. It may well go to an unknown, but either way I would say with 100% certainty that it will get made[/QUOTE]

How on earth can you say about ANY Queen related project that it's 100% guaranteed to happen?

Bloody hell, QP has FINISHED products sitting on the shelf which haven't been released because they changed their minds afte the work was done.

Jusi like any other Queen release, this biopic isn't certain until it's actually released for the audience to buy.

Robert De Niro is not a fan...he was asked, in the premiere of WWRY (horrible musical for my subjective opinion) about his favorite song by Queen, and you can watch he didn't know what to say...Is only money.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1894829.stm

Unless you're getting into personal life then what's the point of making a biographical movie?

I'm sorry but 'man has successful singing career' doesn't constitute a 'plot'. It's like agreeing to make an album but then protesting against the use of musicians or instruments. If you're making a cake you need sugar, flour and eggs. An album; instruments and musicians. A movie? You need a plot.

I can only imagine what sanitized, mundane storyline they must have had in mind.

"Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The story of the man who sang a bit, and was good at it"

...because if you leave out the personal life/issues stuff that is ALL you're going to get and my any stretch of the imagination that isn't a movie. I heard they wanted to end it on the Magic tour. So the climax of the show, the whole 'hook' for the audience will whether Freddie can hit the note on the middle-eighth of WWTLF in Holland?

It seems this movie could either be interesting and protray Freddie's professional and personal life sympathetically but accurately - or it can be a complete waste of time. They seem to be going down the 'complete waste of time' route.

Imagine Brian and Roger's approach to other projects.

Kings Speech? No need to dwell on the stammer, it's too personal. Just make a movie where this man was King for a bit and was quite good at it.

Helen Mirren's 'The Queen' ? Forget all that Diana stuff. Let's just make a film of this woman who was Queen for a bit and was quite good at it.

La Bamba? Plane crashes and death are things we don't want to dwell on. Make a movie about a guy who sang for a bit and was quite good at it.

If Brian and Roger are going to have the final say on this, and they want a sanitised version of events....then you may as well just watch the recent documentary "Days of Our Lives" !!

I thought the film was about Freddie and his life, sounds like they just want a film about Freddie and his music.....how are you going to make an interesting film about that which will appeal to a wider audience??

Yet again another opportunity lost....I wish John Deacon would come back and kick their arses back into the real world. Still, at least Brian is back to his best musically...making songs about fucking badgers!!!!!!!!

A movie is at least 2 hours. How many minutes of gay scenes do you need to show that he was gay ? To fill in the time, it may need to show the personal aspects of the other band members' lives, such as Roger marrying how many times, Brian marrying two times, John purportedly having a good time with a dancer. Would the present band members want these anecdotes of their lives to be shown in a movie ?