By By Lynn Curwin Sep 17, 2010 in Entertainment Sacha Baron Cohen will play Freddie Mercury in a film about the band Queen. The untitled film is scheduled to begin shooting next year. In a Peter Morgan, who was nominated for Academy Awards for “The Queen” and “Frost/Nixon”, is already working on the script for the film, which will focus on the period leading up to the 1985 Live Aid concert. Baron Cohen is currently starring in Martin Scorsese’s Freddie Mercury died of complications from AIDS on November 24, 1991. Queen musicians, guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor, will oversee the film’s music. Queen sold more than 170 million albums and had many number one albums and singles including ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘We are the Champions, ‘Another One Bites the Dust’, ‘Radio Ga Ga’ and ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’. People still fill the 2,000-seat Dominion Theatre in London’s West end nightly for Queen’s stage musical “We Will Rock You,” which opened nine years ago. The choice of Baron Cohen, who is well known for his roles as Borat and Ali G, may surprise some but those involved in the project feel he is the right choice.In a press release , Graham King, of GK Films, which is co-producing the movie in partnership with Tribeca and Queen Films, said: "Freddie Mercury was an awe-inspiring performer so with Sacha in the starring role, coupled with Peter's screenplay and the support of Queen, we have the perfect combination to tell the real story behind their success."Peter Morgan, who was nominated for Academy Awards for “The Queen” and “Frost/Nixon”, is already working on the script for the film, which will focus on the period leading up to the 1985 Live Aid concert.Baron Cohen is currently starring in Martin Scorsese’s Hugo Cabret . He was nominated for an Academy Award for his adapted screenplay for “Borat” and won a Golden Globe for his performance.Freddie Mercury died of complications from AIDS on November 24, 1991.Queen musicians, guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor, will oversee the film’s music.Queen sold more than 170 million albums and had many number one albums and singles including ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘We are the Champions, ‘Another One Bites the Dust’, ‘Radio Ga Ga’ and ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’.People still fill the 2,000-seat Dominion Theatre in London’s West end nightly for Queen’s stage musical “We Will Rock You,” which opened nine years ago. More about Cohen, Mercury, Film cohen mercury film