Sasha Baron Cohen will play Freddie Mercury

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The plot while the nameless drama focuses the other day of His glory, reports Reuters. Scenario for the film Writes Peter Morgan ("Queen / The Queen", "The Last King of Scotland"). The name of the director is not yet reported. Producer Graham King reported that the shooting is scheduled for the next year. In addition to King's company GK Films, Robert de Niro and Jane Rosenthal with his TRIBECA PRODUCTIONS, as well as the Queen group manager Jim Beach.

Three participants of Queen will work on the project. Guitarist Brian Mei and Drummer Roger Taylor are responsible for the musical filling of the painting, which will consist of both the hits of the group and from the Solo projects of Mercury.

The film will be shown the group of the group and the most significant moments, such as: Speech at the Live Aid Charitable Concert in 1985, when the group simply hypnotized the London WEMBLEY Stadium and TV viewers of the whole world by performing "We Will Rock You" and "Radio Ga Ga".

The group continued to give concerts even when Mercury's health worsened. And only in 1991, when he was diagnosed with AIDS, he succumbed to the disease and died at the age of 45.

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