Bohemian Rhapsody

       

Bohemian Rhapsody is an upcoming biographical film about the British rock band Queen, focusing on lead singer Freddie Mercury's life and leading up to Queen's Live Aid performance at Wembley Stadium in 1985.

The film is an American-British joint venture produced by 20th Century Fox, New Regency, GK Films, and Queen Films, with Fox serving as distributor.

Initial release: 24 October 2018 (United Kingdom)
Directed by Bryan Singer 
Written by Anthony McCarten 
Produced by Graham King and former Queen manager Jim Beach


Star Cast - Rami Malek as Mercury, with Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Tom Hollander, Allen Leech, and Mike Myers in supporting roles.
Queen band members Brian May and Roger Taylor also served as creative consultants on the film.
Principal photography began in London in September 2017 with Singer as director. In December 2017, Singer was fired for absence and clashing with the cast and crew; Dexter Fletcher was hired to complete the film, although Singer will retain sole director credit as per DGA guidelines. Filming concluded in January 2018. The film is scheduled for release in the United Kingdom on 24 October 2018 and in the United States on 2 November 2018.

Premise

The film follows the rise of the band, the period where Mercury attempted a solo career and      reinvigoration at Live Aid in 1985. It also documents Mercury's diagnosis with AIDS.

Cast

• Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, lead vocalist of the rock band Queen
  • Adam Rauf as young Farrokh Bulsara / Freddie Mercury
• Lucy Boynton as Mary Austin, Mercury's lifelong companion
• Gwilym Lee as Brian May, Queen lead guitarist
• Ben Hardy as Roger Taylor, Queen drummer
• Joseph Mazzello as John Deacon, Queen bass guitarist
• Aidan Gillen as John Reid, Queen's second manager
• Tom Hollander as Jim Beach, Queen's third manager
• Allen Leech as Paul Prenter, Mercury's personal manager
• Mike Myers as Ray Foster, an EMI executive
• Aaron McCusker as Jim Hutton, Mercury's boyfriend
• Dermot Murphy as Bob Geldof
• Meneka Das as Jer Bulsara, Mercury's mother
• Ace Bhatti as Bomi Bulsara, Mercury's father
• Dickie Beau as Kenny Everett
• Neil Fox-Roberts as Mr. Austin, Mary's father
• Philip Andrew as Reinhold Mack
• Matthew Houston as Larry Mullen Jr., the drummer of the Irish rock band U2
• Michelle Duncan as Shelley Stern
• Max Bennett as David Bowie

Crew

• Bryan Singer  – director, producer
• Graham King – producer
• Jim Beach – producer
• Anthony McCarten – writer (script and story)
• Peter Morgan – writer (story)
• Arnon Milchan – executive producer
• Denis O'Sullivan – executive producer
• Justin Haythe – executive producer
• Dexter Fletcher – executive producer

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