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‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ screenwriter suing producers over unpaid profits

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Bohemian Rhapsody screenwriter Anthony McCarten has filed a lawsuit against producer Graham King and the latter’s production company, GK Films.As reported by Deadline, McCarten filed a breach of contract suit yesterday (November 17) for money owed from the 2018 Freddie Mercury biopic, which stars Rami Malek as the late Queen frontman.It’s said that the Bryan Singer-directed project had a budget of $55million (£41m) and grossed $911million (£675m) worldwide.

However, according to Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, the movie is in the red “to the tune of $51m”.McCarten’s suit claims that he made a deal to receive a five per cent share of GK Films’ take of Bohemian Rhapsody, rather than Disney or Fox, who acquired the studio.

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