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Fox Halts Production on Queen Biopic Due to Bryan Singer Absence
Freddie Mercury of Queen performs in Oakland, Calif
Fox has halted production on the studio's Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, due to the "unexpected unavailability" of director Bryan Singer.
Rami Malek is starring as the legendary frontman Freddie Mercury in the movie that had been filming in London.
"Twentieth
Century Fox Film has temporarily halted production on Bohemian Rhapsody
due to the unexpected unavailability of Bryan Singer," reads Fox's full
statement. The crew received force majeure letters today, says one
insider.
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Singer failed to
return to set after the Thanksgiving holiday break, leaving producers
nervous about the state of the production and talking about potentially
replacing him.
In a statement to the BBC, a rep for the director
says his absence is due to "a personal health matter concerning Bryan
and his family." However, sources say that filming on the biopic has not
been easy. For example, insiders tell THR that producers and
his star had grown tired of Singer's behavior, which saw him routinely
show up late to set. Another source has said that a cinematographer had
to step in and direct during a previous "non-showing."
This is not first time that Singer has disappeared during a production. He momentarily vanished during the shooting of X-Men: Apocalypse and during Superman Returns.
Bohemian Rhapsody is set to hit theaters on Dec. 25, 2018.
This article originally appeared in THR.
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