Photo Coverage: Check Out this First Look of Rami Malek As Freddy Mercury in Upcoming BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Film

By: Apr. 26, 2018
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Photo Coverage: Check Out this First Look of Rami Malek As Freddy Mercury in Upcoming BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Film

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY is the story of how Freddie Mercury and his fellow band members Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon formed Queen - one of the most iconic rock groups of all time. The film follows Queen as they produce hit after hit, topping the charts while constantly evolving their sound. Through disparate songs like Killer Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are the Champions, We Will Rock You and countless others, the band reaches unparalleled success and Freddie becomes one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet.

Behind that veil of success, however, Freddie struggles to reconcile his duality. Forever trying to determine where he fits in the world as a Parsi immigrant from Zanzibar coming to terms with a sexuality even he can't define in a culture bound by stereotypes and expectations. Freddie dares to defy them all but also pays a price. Lured into excess and surrounded by darker influences, Freddie shuns Queen in pursuit of his solo career. What becomes an attempt to redefine himself as a solo artist, ends in disappointment and further isolation.

Having suffered greatly without the collaboration of Brian, Roger and John - his rock'n'roll family - Freddie comes to terms with the realization that the magic of Queen and their success lies in all of them working together, challenging one another. Freddie manages to reunite with his bandmates just in time for Live Aid - the biggest concert in history. But fate and past behaviors throw a devastating obstacle at him, one that forces him to confront then accept his own mortality. Pulling himself up from personal strife one more time to overcome the odds, the band puts on one of the greatest performances in the history of rock music. Queen cements a legacy that continues to inspire outsiders, dreamers and music lovers to this day. On Freddie's terms, not the rest of the world's.

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY is currently set for a November 2, 2018 release.

Photo Coverage: Check Out this First Look of Rami Malek As Freddy Mercury in Upcoming BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Film
Rami Malek and Gwilym Lee

Photo Coverage: Check Out this First Look of Rami Malek As Freddy Mercury in Upcoming BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Film
Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Rami Malek, and Joe Mazzello

Photo Credit: Alex Bailey / Twentieth Century Fox



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