Friday, September 17, 2010

HE'S JUST A POOR BOY FROM A POOR FAMILY: Sacha Baron Cohen has been signed to star as Freddie Mercury in a Queen biopic being scripted by Peter Morgan of Frost/Nixon, The Queen and The Last King of Scotland fame.

12 comments:

  1. Eric J.9:58 AM

    Good casting, I think. That being said, if the movie doesn't include midgets serving cocaine on silver platters atop their heads, I'm not going.

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  2. Jim Bell10:12 AM

    I think this will be fun.  

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  3. Jim Bell10:13 AM

    But who would play Elton John in that movie? And, what would the title be?  And what should the title of this Movie be?

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  4. Joseph J. Finn10:15 AM

    Queen II: The Queenining?

    Elton John, I'm seeing Tom Hollander from In The Loop in the part.

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  5. isaac_spaceman10:36 AM

    We've already seen Cohen in a Freddie Mercury mustache and in Freddie Mercury short-shorts, so why not?  NO SYNTHESIZERS.  Er, until there were. 

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  6. Thing that I like: they have all the song rights.  Would be a shame if they had to conjure up "Norwegian Symphony," "Radio Haha" and "We Will Salute You/We Were Really Successful".

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  7. D'Arcy4:44 PM

    Awesomesauce.

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  8. I Know Someone Who Knows Someone Who Knows Alan McGee Quite Well5:21 PM

    Obvious title: "Killer Queen."  (And how about Steve Coogan as Brian May?)

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  9. Carrie7:19 PM

    Title: Queen of Queens

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  10. Joseph J. Finn8:58 PM

    Oh, that's brilliant on both points.

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  11. slowlylu11:12 PM

    Title: Hg

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  12. I bet they call it Bohemian Rhapsody.

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