Ali G and Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen is to play
Freddie Mercury in a film about Queen, the rock band's guitarist Brian May has confirmed to the BBC.
"We have Sacha Baron Cohen, which will probably be a shock to a lot of people, but he's been talking with us for a long time," May told the HARDtalk show.
Frost/Nixon scribe Peter Morgan is writing the screenplay, he added. The film, which will focus on the period leading up to Live Aid in 1985, will begin shooting next year.