It's high time for Queen's legendary frontman Freddie Mercury's life to be immortalized in the big screen provided that a brilliant actor should portray the iconic singer. Borat actor Sacha Baron Cohen could have been perfect if he had not dropped the movie due to creative differences with Queen's remaining members.

According to Deadline, the actor had a disagreement with the band members over the script. The latter wanted the tone of the film to be PG-rated while Cohen wanted an R-rated tell-all story about Mercury.

COhen has long been attached to the project offering directors David Fincher of The Social Network Fame and Les Miserables' Tom Hooper to direct the film but none of the band members wanted them.

The Freddie Mercury biopic would be produced by GK Films in partnership with Robert De Niro's Tribeca Production and Queen Films.

Mercury formed Queen in 1970 and had become an international sensation selling over 170 million albums worldwide. Their popular hits include Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions.

Meanwhile, Cohen is going to be busy with a new film from Paramount titled "The Lesbian".

Paramount's upcoming feature will be written by Danish comedians Casper Christensen and Frank Hvam inspired by Cecil Chao, the Hong Kong billionaire who offered $65 million to any man who will succeed in marrying his lesbian daughter.

Baron will also serve as the film's producer.

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