Ben Wishaw-starring Freddie Mercury bio to start filming next summer November 20, 2015 - 14:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - At long last its coming - the long-awaited Freddie Mercury movie biopic is coming, with Skyfall, Richard II, Cloud Atlas and Hamlet star Ben Wishaw stepping into the costume of the Queen icon, Gigwise reports. Queen fans gave a mixed reaction to Wishaw, who plays Q in the latest of the James Bond series and most recently Spectre, being able to add Mercury to his IMDB page - being named as the band's personal first choice above Daniel Radcliffe after Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen departed the project, who the band quotes as being 'too funny' for the role. Now Mercury, who also achieved fame as a solo star away from Queen with the likes of 'Barcelona', will have his life turned into film - with The Theory Of Everything writer Anthony McCarten penning the script, reports Tracking Board. Musician Johnny Flynn is also listed to play Queen’s Roger Taylor while Gemma Arterton as Mercury’s longtime partner, Mary Austin. Production is set to start in June 2016. Meanwhile, Queen are set to headline Isle Of Wight next year with new touring frontman Adam Lambert - with guitarist Brian May telling Gigwise about his thoughts on new material. Isle Of Wight Festival takes place between 9 and 12 June 2016 at Seaclose Park, Newport.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
