Singer was finishing a film about ‘dramatic’ five years

A DOCUMENTARY was being filmed about George Michael’s life and the singer was also planning a new album next year, it emerged yesterday.

In his last public Facebook post, the Wham! singer posted an image about the forthcoming show, entitled Freedom, which covers a five-year period in his life.

Michael said he was busy putting the “finishing touches” to the special documentary and that he had discovered some “incredible, unseen archive footage” and was shooting additional interviews for the project.

Channel 4, which commissioned the documentary, said it covered an “eventful” and “dramatic” period in the star’s life, including when he fell in love for the first time – a romance which ended in tragedy.

A C4 spokesman said: “The film will be a very personal documentary revealing how the boy from north London became one of the most influential recording artists of all time and helped to rewrite the rules of the music industry and celebrity.”

To coincide with the programme’s broadcast, Michael had also agreed to reissue his famous Listen Without Prejudice album, on which he collaborated with stars such as Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder and Keith Richards.

The documentary, which Michael narrates, is said to feature interviews from Nineties models Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford, who starred in his Freedom! ‘90 music video.

It was also announced this month that the singer was working on a new album with producer Naughty Boy. It is thought he had already penned several tracks before he died. In an interview with the BBC, Naughty Boy said: “He’s got an album coming out next year, and he’s going to be doing something for my album as well. I don’t know what to expect. And he’s more mysterious than anyone else.”