This is about a boy who was born in Zanzibar, Tanzania, grew up in Mumbai, India, immigrated to the UK, painted black nail polish, dressed in fur, and appeared on the Top of the Tops stage, but unfortunately contracted AIDS at his peak. s story.
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20th Century Fox Films recently announced that the lead singer of the Queen (Freddie Mercury), originally scheduled to be released in North America this Christmas, mentions the "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Bohemian Rhapsody). The file will be released on November 2nd. It is unknown whether it is introduced in the country. This movie, which has been brewing since 2009, is finally about to meet with you. While waiting for the movie trailer, Mr. Homepage and everyone review the suffering and setbacks of the past nine years.
?2010: The Queen is going to make a biographical film for the lead singer
When the Queen announced that it would make a movie about Uncle Ya, it shocked the entire music world, and of course, the fan world. Back in those days, as the “smartest fan group” in the world, many fans of Queen expressed dissatisfaction, distrust and ambivalence on the Internet. For every Queen fan, the image of Uncle Ya is sacred and inviolable. There is only one Uncle Ya in the world. It feels weird to find someone to play him. Who can perfectly interpret the image of Uncle Ya? Some fans even criticized Meihua for "just making money."
However, Principal Mei and Huahua said that shooting a movie for Uncle Ya was to fulfill their wish, a wish to pay tribute to Uncle Ya, show the great humanity of Uncle Ya to the world, and praise his life and the legend and legacy he left behind. . To this end, the Queen specially established a film company: Queen Films. Soon, the producers also decided-in addition to Mei Hua and agent Jim Beach, professional producers include Graham King (GK Films, Oscar Best Picture "Infernal Affairs", and "New York Gangs", "Rain "Fruit", the new version of "Tomb Raider" and many other blockbuster producers) and Robert De Niro (TriBeCa Productions). Senior De Niro is also the producer of the Queen’s musical "We Will Rock You". He and the Queen have been friends for many years. The screenwriter was quickly decided. Peter Morgan , the screenwriter of the movies "Queen" and "Conversation with Nixon" , the story will revolve around Uncle Ya's experience of growing from an African-born Asian boy to a rock legend, with Live Aid in 1985 Finish.
After experiencing the initial shock and doubts, fans and the media gradually accepted the fact that the film was determined to be filmed, and began a long period of rounds of guessing the protagonist...
Johnny Depp
Well, at that time, Mr. Depp had already made several "Pirates of the Caribbean" series of movies, which naturally attracted the attention of fans.
Sacha Baron Cohen
Then someone quickly selected Sasha, who was talented in comedy, controversial, and resembling Uncle Tooth. At that time, Sasha not only played "Ali G", "Borat" and "Bruno", but also won the 64th Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical Comedy. In terms of image and popularity, he seems to be a good candidate for Uncle Ya. Of course, many fans have expressed doubts about his choice: This person plays most comedy exaggerated characters, will he be serious when he plays Uncle Ya...
? 2012: The first famous director appeared
It has been two years since the decision to make this unnamed film before it was reported that Stephen Frears, who has directed "Queen", "Dangerous Relationship" and "Broken Love Ranking", will be the director of this Uncle Tooth biography. The entire creative team looks reliable and powerful. At that time Meihua said that the film will start soon...
?2013: Sasha unexpectedly goes out, Xiaoben joins, the director is pending
I thought that Sasha's role as Uncle Ya was a certainty, but after three years, he withdrew from the film because of differences in creation with the band and the producer. In the entertainment industry, it is another wave of waves. After Sasha withdrew, the principal said that Sasha's talent is beyond doubt, but his personality is too bright, making people not feel like Uncle Tooth. Although he is out, we still have a good relationship. Huahua, who has always spoken quickly, said directly and unceremoniously that she didn't want to make the movie a joke. The celebrity director Stephen Frears, who was rumored to be joining before, had met Sasha and talked about the movie, and looked forward to having a deeper chat, but when he saw the news of Sasha's withdrawal, he also missed the movie.
At that time, the film company in charge of the film was Sony. It is said that they and Sasha were also preparing to invite the famous David Fincher and Tom Hooper ("The King's Speech", "Les Miserables", "The Danish Girl", "Cat", etc.) , and later gave up due to different opinions with the band.
Just as Sasha quit, screenwriter Peter Morgan expressed frustration that the film probably won't go on. But this statement was immediately refuted by the producer.
Ben Wishaw
In an interview, Huahua said that the band would like to invite an actor whose name is abbreviated as BW to play the role of Uncle Ya. It was a small book that was immediately seen by the reporter. Since Meihua likes small books so much, he will naturally not shirk and become the latest popular candidate for male protagonists. Interestingly, this time the media and fans unanimously welcomed it. Some fans can't wait to see their small books show their talents. Mei Hua also publicly praised Xiaoben as a good actor.
Tom Hiddleston
Yes, Dou Sen came in quietly. Because the principal has met with Xiaoben and Dou Sen. It seems that after meeting Dou Sen, he exaggerated. Who would he play if Dou Sen joins... emmmm.....
Dexter Fletcher
With the joining of Xiaoben, the artist-born director Dexter Fletcher , who was born as a child star, began to participate in this project. He has starred in "The Elephant Man", "Babylon Hotel", "Stardust", etc., and later directed the movie "Flying Eagle Eddie" in 2016 .
Daniel Radcliffe
Of course, the most funny rumor that year was that Harry Potter was going to play Uncle Tooth, which was immediately denied by him.
? 2014: It's over before it starts
From 2013 to 2014, the movie that Meihua has said countless times and will soon start filming has not made any progress. Fletcher also quietly left the crew due to differences in film creation philosophy with the band and producer.
?2015: The screenwriter was replaced, and the "Theory of Everything" was on the stage.
After five years of grinding the script, I wrote it again and again, and changed it over and over again. After the change, the band and the producer were still dissatisfied. The producer decided to change the screenwriter. Peter Morgan was replaced by Anthony McCarten, the screenwriter of the Oscar-winning film "The Theory of Everything" and further revised on the basis of Peter's script. (Everyone knows "The Theory of Everything" tells the story of the physicist Hawking, President Mei and Hawking are friends again ). At this time, the name of the film finally got a little eyebrow, and it was tentatively scheduled to be "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Bohemian Rhapsody) . Sony still has the right to continue participating in this project.
? 2016: Queen Cohen's verbal battle, Xiaoben exits, Lamy joins, Singh directed
Seven years later, the rumors and the uncertain crew of this film attracted the first "climax" that the tabloid media liked and heard. In March, the dissatisfied Sasha attacked the band on Howard Stern's show, thinking that the band only I want to whitewash Uncle Ya and beautify the band in the film, but don't want to involve Uncle Ya's chaotic private life, and don't want to be filmed as restricted. Sasha also mentioned that a member of the band said that the most exciting part of the movie is that Uncle Ya died in the middle of the performance, and the remaining half talked about how the band continued. These words of Sasha caused an uproar in the media and fan circles. Although he did not name him, everyone pointed the finger at the principal and accused him of being a controlling, ruthless, selfish hypocrite. Three years ago, the principal’s response to this incident was very euphemistic, but now Sasha attacked them in turn. The principal just said coldly that Sasha has now become an arse. We were happily discussing movies together before. But ran out to lie, we never do things that go against the truth. However, public opinion still seems to be on Sasha's side.
It wasn't until the end of 2017 that producer Graham was interviewed by "Empire" that the truth was revealed. Although Meihua participated in the conception of the film at that time, he did not approve any script. This film not only tells about Uncle Ya's brilliant artistic career, but also involves his sex life and AIDS. Although it ends with Live Aid, it will also mention the final destiny. Graham also mentioned why Sasha was not the last candidate for Uncle Ya, because he was too focused on the dark side of Uncle Ya's private life, hoping to focus on this, which is very different from the idea of the producer and the band. The reason why Sasha said nonsense was probably to vent his dissatisfaction with not being able to shoot the movie as he intended. There is no script in which Uncle Ya dies in the middle of the movie.
However, the most irritating thing for the producer is that public opinion has attacked the principal, allowing him to see with his own eyes that the principal is saddened by the deep harm. What Graham fears the most is that if Mei Hua suffered such a serious injury and couldn't stand it, call him and say if he can't do it...
What is even more regrettable is that Xiaoben, who has not formally signed a contract, also withdrew from this project. The reason is unknown, probably because it has been delayed for too long and the schedule has started to conflict...
However, Mei Hua is also a person who has experienced strong winds and waves after all. It is probably their strength, their persistence, their deep love and longing for Uncle Ya. In order to fulfill this wish of paying tribute to Uncle Ya, they never gave up.
Rami Malek
In November, the people who thought that 80% of the movie was going to be pornographic, suddenly got an unexpected news: he had appeared in "The Hacker Legion", "Wonderful Night at the Museum", "The Pacific War", "Need for Speed" and more. Lamy Marek, winner of the 68th Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Drama Series, is determined to play the role of Uncle Ya. The Egyptian-American actor was immediately praised by public opinion, and the protagonist who had been worrying for six years was finally relieved.
Bryan Singer
Also finalized at the same time as the protagonist is Hollywood director Brian Singer. In the past six years, the band and the filmmakers talked with the major directors one after another, and finally locked in Queen’s fanatics, filming "The Very Suspect", "X-Men" series, "Superman Returns", "How Singer was the director of Hollywood movies and TV blockbusters such as "Doctor Si" , and the film company at this time was also changed from Sony to 20th Century Fox Films . Looking at Singer's dazzling blockbuster resume, people feel that this time the company and the band have spent their money and are about to make a global commercial blockbuster to hit the Oscars.
After Singh decided to direct, he was excited about Queen and Plum blossoms on social media, and he posted enough of his collection of band records. The principal readily forwarded it and called on everyone to pay attention to the director's account to pay attention to the latest news of the film.
Of course, there is a lot of criticism about the director of Singh-because this public bisexual is always circulated with or without "sex scandal", even if he is married to a woman. Rumors point to him that he loves young boys and was involved in a case of sexual harassment of a Hollywood boy actor, but the prosecutor discharged him in the investigation that year; in another case against him sexually assaulting a young actor, the plaintiff He later withdrew the case and was jailed for fraud in other cases. However, many people think that since the production company and the band have already decided to direct him, and they have done a background check beforehand, those rumors are probably false.
? 2017
Recruiting extras in July, finalizing the main creative staff in August, and officially launching in September
The director and male lead must be down, and the film, which has dragged on for eight years, is progressing rapidly. Since July, the crew has recruited extras from members of the Queen’s official fan club. The salary is not low and two meals a day are provided. The requirement is to have a hairstyle from the 1970s and 1980s:
The casting of key figures in other films is also quickly fixed-
- Principal guitarist Brian May (Brian May) : Gwilym Lee ("Henry V", "Jamestown", "Detective Lewis")
- Flower drummer Roger Taylor (Roger Taylor) : Ben Hardy ("X-Men: Apocalypse", "Go Forward", "Eastern Sideman", "Mary Shelley")
- John Deacon (John Deacon) : Joseph Mazzello ("Jurassic Park", "Pacific War", "Social Network", "Suspect Tracking", "Holmes: Basic Deduction")
- Agent Jim Beach (Jim Beach) : Tom Hollander ("Night Manager", "Mission Impossible", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Pride and Prejudice")
- Former agent John Reid (John Reid) : Aidan Guillen ("Maze Moving", "Game of Thrones", "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts")
- Former badass agent Paul Prenter : Allen Leech ("Downton Abbey ", "Black Mirror", "Rome")
- Uncle Tooth's "legal wife" Mary Austin : Lucy Boynton ("Murder on the Orient Express", "Gypsy", "The Love Song of First Love")
- Uncle Tooth "husband" Jim Hutton (Jim Hutton) : Aaron McCusker ("Shameless")
- Even Mike Myers, the comedian who made the song Bohemian Rhapsody once again popular in the U.S. due to his starring role in the movie "Wayne's World", also intervened. Maybe he was not a cross-over version of himself or someone else. DJ
They smiled and stood on the makeshift stage, watching the actors performing on the stage, with tears in their eyes
After the film was launched, Mei Hua, a band member who was responsible for the original soundtrack of the film and also served as the producer, naturally became a film supervisor, visiting the class from time to time. The first scene of the filming was actually the Live Aid scene where Queens swept the world's top artists in 1985. Meihua also invited Sir Bob Gildolf, one of the organizers of Live Aid, to come to the scene in person. The media photographed the principal standing behind the dentures with tears in his eyes and a smile, passing through...
The principal ran in tears, lamenting that it was not easy to post for eight years, but he did not expect to see this day alive:
This video is only the rehearsal scene of the actors, but it has caused a global madness
Supervising on-site shooting
On the day of Uncle Ya’s 71st birthday, the principal also presented him with a birthday present-a 3D 3D photo of Lamy and all the staff as Uncle Ya:
Even the Queen’s official tribute band Queen Extravaganza lead singer Marc Martel also went with the crew to the Abbey Road Studio:
The stills came out and the world was amazed, and the expectation value exploded:
Everything seemed to be going well after booting. The principal, actors, and directors interacted wildly on social media, and they couldn’t restrain their excitement. They showed spoilers and the videos irritated Ki-soo’s affection. Everyone looked forward to the filming and released it as soon as possible:
Supervisor Mei couldn't help but sneak a 3D photo on the set, and was sneaked by Director Singh:
The protagonist is Mercury, the band is Queen, the director is Singer, the producer is King, and the screenwriter has created a biography of the principal's friend Hawking. This will undoubtedly be the most awesome movie.
In December, Fox fired director Singer, Fletcher FireWire rescue, became the new helm of the film
Unexpectedly, after Thanksgiving, the most worrying thing happened, the tabloid public opinion ushered in the second wave of "climax"——
On December 1, Flowserve suddenly announced the suspension of the filming of "Bohemian Rhapsody" because director Singh has not returned to the London studio since returning to the United States on Thanksgiving, which seriously affected the filming process. On December 4, Flowserve announced the dismissal of Singh. According to foreign media reports, Singh was late to the set and absent for no reason many times, and lost his temper on the set, and even threw things at the lead actor Lamy (although he settled afterwards). Tom Hollander, who played the role of the band's manager Jim Beach, was once angrily quit the crew and was persuaded to return. During the filming, because Singer was absent for no reason, a photographer named Newton in the middle went to direct the shooting. Flowserve is currently looking for new director candidates and hopes to be finalized in the next few days. At this point, the filming of the film is coming to an end, and it will only take a few weeks to finish the filming.
Singh expressed dissatisfaction with his termination of the contract, saying that he very much hopes to make this movie well, in order to pay tribute to Uncle Ya. Because one of his parents was critically ill and needed to return home to visit, and he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, he needed to take a leave of absence and was rejected by the company.
At this time, the media was overwhelming with other rumors. Since the Weinstein sexual assault incident was exposed, many Hollywood big names have fallen, and everyone is in danger. Singh, who has been plagued by scandals of sexual harassment of young men, has been accused of new sexual assault this time and is under police investigation. Singh totally denied this, and pointed out that the lawyer representing the plaintiff was still the lawyer of the plaintiff in the unsuccessful sexual assault case that year. After that, Singh deleted all the contents of his Twitter account and Instagram stopped updating.
At this time, Meihua is on a Queen+Adam Lambert tour in Europe with Adam Lambert. After eight years of tossing, I finally started filming smoothly, but the director was turned on. I really don’t know how Meihua feels...
Fortunately, Flowserve moved quickly. Fletcher, who left because of different creative ideas, was ordered to take over the hot potato and became the new helm.
After the tour, Mei Hua, who returned to London, returned to the studio and sighed. The new director personally prepared a director's seat for Supervisor Mei. Director Mei was extremely excited and said that not only did Bomi, the big ship, not sink, but under the leadership of the new director, he was motivated and moved forward courageously.
After that, all the actors went to London to watch the Queen+Adam Lambert concert. These protagonists born in the 80s are almost all watching Queen's live for the first time.
Later, Director Mei could not help spoiling the emotional scene between Uncle Xia Ya and Mary, and secretly sent two photos of visiting the squad and putting on makeup on the set, and then deleted them in seconds, and issued a strict password. As for the movie, it will be What kind of surprises we have, let's just wait for the release to explore.
? 2018: finalized in February, released in November
Nine years later, the movie that made us worry about it finally came to fruition. Both the Huahua family and the actors sent pictures to celebrate. The actors forged a deep friendship in this film, and they were perplexed and reluctant to give up.
And just as the movie was about to finish, Singh, who had disappeared after leaving the crew of "Bohemian Rhapsody", re-entered Instagram, updated his whereabouts constantly, and posted a picture of Uncle Ya.
From 2009 to the present, the plum blossoms from the sixtieth year to the ancient rare. Principal Mei’s long brown curly hair is now completely white. Adam, who just debuted as a beauty puppet, has already become the new lead singer of Queen’s tour, and even rumors have also participated in this tooth. Uncle biography movie. Thankfully, Mei Hua Jiong is still alive, able to supervise this movie, complete the original soundtrack, and see the day the movie is released. Endless thoughts, persistent dreams, how many nine years can life be, and how many can be fulfilled?
Producer Graham King said, I hope that when the audience leaves the cinema in tears, they will still have a smile on their faces.
We are all looking forward to it.
(Part of the material in this article comes from media reports such as The Wrap and Empire)
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