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Sacha Baron Cohen to Star in Freddie Mercury Biopic

Freddie Mercury just got a whole lot taller. Our sister site Deadline reports that Sacha Baron Cohen has been set to play the late Queen singer in a biopic that is currently being scripted by Peter Morgan ( The Queen ). The film is set to shoot next year, just in time for it to never, ever share a multiplex marquee with My Brother Borat . What do you think: perfect casting, or too on-the-nose? [ Deadline ]

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Sacha Baron Cohen to Star in Freddie Mercury Biopic

Movieline Translates Casey Affleck’s Confession That I’m Still Here is Fake

Gasp! In what could only be described as predictable, Casey Affleck has admitted that the Joaquin Phoenix “documentary,” I’m Still Here , is fake. The director spoke with the New York Times and confirmed that everything from Phoenix’s appearance with David Letterman to the childhood home movies that are shown at the beginning of the film was planned, staged and carefully edited to create the most unsettling movie possible . Ahead Movieline dives into Affleck’s confession and tries to parse out what he’s really trying to say.

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Movieline Translates Casey Affleck’s Confession That I’m Still Here is Fake