Tom Hooper could end up being the director of the biopic about the famous singer Freddie Mercury, a project that was originally going to be directed by Stephen Fears.
The film, which will star Sacha Baron Cohen, which will play Mercury himself, will hit theaters in early 2014.
Tom Hooper and Sacha Baron Cohen would meet again, if the former takes over the film, after having both participated in the three-Oscar-winning musical "Les Miserables."
As in «Les Misérables», the songs in this film about the leader of the musical band Queen they will be recorded with live voice and not in playback as is usually done in projects of this type.
This challenge of the live voice that gave Hooper such a good result in «The Miserables«, One of the Oscars that the film will win is that of better sound, is what could end up convincing the filmmaker to end up being the director.
The film will narrate the life of Freddie Mercury from the early 70s, when Queen was established, until 1985, the year in which the group gave the spectacular concert in Wembley on the occasion of Live Aid.
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