EXCLUSIVE: Sir Brian Could and Roger Taylor have “checked out varied concepts” for a sequel movie to the Freddie Mercury Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody.
Brian Could and Roger Taylor converse out on Bohemian Rhapsody film sequel (Picture: GETTY)
Eight years in the past, Bohemian Rhapsody stormed the field workplace, making over $910 million worldwide.
The Freddie Mercury Queen film biopic, which was Greatest Image-nominated, would go on to win 4 Oscars, together with Greatest Actor for Rami Malek.
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Given the movie concludes with a recreation of 1985’s Dwell Help efficiency, might a sequel be on the playing cards?
In any case, Freddie actually stuffed his ultimate six years to the brim with varied solo tasks and three extra Queen albums.
We just lately caught up with Sir Brian Could and Roger Taylor, who had been selling the remastered version of the band’s second album, Queen II, and requested what the most recent was on a possible Bohemian Rhapsody 2.
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Bohemian Rhapsody concludes with Dwell Help in 1985. There’s nonetheless loads of Queen historical past left (Picture: 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS)
Sir Brian shared solely with the Every day Categorical: “Effectively, do not suppose we’ve not considered it, as a result of we’ve and we do. Nevertheless it wants a plan, it wants a narrative, it wants a starting and a center and finish, and we do not have it in the meanwhile. We have checked out varied concepts. It took a very long time for us to get the plan collectively for Bohemian Rhapsody, I am speaking a very long time. Most likely 12 years from the second that we considered doing it to the second when he got here out. However in the meanwhile, we do not see it, and we do not wish to half do it. We do not wish to do it till we’re completely satisfied that it is going to be the magnificent factor that it must be. So, no, in the meanwhile, no.”
Suggesting it might solely ever be referred to as The Present Should Go On, the Queen guitarist identified that it was the title of the band’s second stage musical that by no means noticed the sunshine of day.
The 78-year-old mentioned: “Effectively, Ben Elton wrote us a sequel for the We Will Rock You, theatrical musical. And we really received so far as workshopping it and placed on a few performances. Nevertheless it by no means noticed the sunshine of day, it simply by no means received the inexperienced mild as a consequence of sure disagreements throughout the band and the organisation.”
Asking Roger about Bohemian Rhapsody 2, it turned clear {that a} model of the sequel that has been into consideration takes place after Freddie’s dying in 1991.
Bohemian Rhapsody 2 concepts have been mentioned with Queen (Picture: 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS)
The Queen drummer informed us: “[Bohemian Rhapsody 2] will not be in critical dialog, it is form of rooted. A part of me thinks we’ve this one film that was so appreciated, and I believed, ‘Effectively, we did very well with our shot. Let’s not spoil it’, as a result of most sequels do not reside as much as the unique, with The Godfather because the exception. And, you already know, clearly, I believe it might contain having quite a lot of flashbacks to the Freddie character. It would not have the identical quick attraction if the movie was made with out his character in it. It is extremely troublesome to tug off. So yeah, we have considered it, and till someone comes up with a really, very workable resolution, it is not on the playing cards.”
The primary movie took 12 years; it’s solely been eight, so a lot extra time to get a sequel off the bottom. In any case, The Present Should Go On…
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