‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ moves on with Fletcher
A HANDFUL of well-rated movies and history with 20th Century Fox preceded Dexter Fletcher’s appointment as director on Queen’s rock band biopic ‘ Bohemian Rhapsody.’
British actor and director Fletcher has taken the helm of ‘ Bohemian Rhapsody’ for the movie’s remaining few weeks of filming. It’s the second time in a row that Fletcher has presided over a movie about an icon of 1980s British pop culture.
Twentieth Century Fox parted ways with Bryan Singer in a Dec 4 announcement, citing ‘unexpected unavailability,’ and have now installed a replacement for two or so weeks of filming.
Among his acting appearances, Fletcher starred in British children’s TV comedy drama ‘Press Gang’ between 1989 and 1993, later taking roles in gangster movies ‘ Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ and ‘Layer Cake,’ as well as Steven Spielberg’s wartime miniseries ‘Band of Brothers.’
By the early 2010s he was transitioning into directorial duties, steering 2011 prison parolee fatherhood drama ‘ Wild Bill,’ a 2013 adaptation of award-winning musical ‘Sunshine on Leith,’ and 2016 ski-jumping comedy biopic ‘Eddie the Eagle,’ the last of which was distributed by Fox.
‘Sunshine...’ achieved a US$ 4.1 million box office and ‘Eddie the Eagle,’ based on the unlikely exploits of Britain’s first Olympic ski jumper in nearly 60 years, made US$ 46 million worldwide.
Starring Emmy-winning Rami Malek of ‘ Mr. Robot’ as Queen’s charismatic lead singer Freddie Mercury, ‘ Bohemian Rhapsody’ charts the band’s rise to fame through the 1970s and 1980s.
Mercury died in 1991 at the age of 45 from AIDS complications. Named after one of Queen’s greatest hits, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is set for release the week of Dec 25, 2018. — Relaxnews