"Cohen has walked away from the film.Cohen had been hammering out a deal to play Mercury in a warts ???n??? all biopic that Peter Morgan was writing and directors such as David Fincher and Les Mis??rables??? Tom Hooper had considered.Sony, the film's developer, has hit a wall with Brian May and the rest of Queen, who have script and director approval on the film via the power of their song rights." . . . .