Fox Moves Up ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ Delays ‘X-Men’ Spinoffs

Fox has shuffled its release schedule, moving forward the Freddy Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” while pushing back its “X-Men” spinoffs “The New Mutants” and “Dark Phoenix.”In an announcement late Monday night, the studio said it had set Nov.

2 as the new launch date for “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which had been set for Dec.

25.

Dexter Fletcher came on board to direct in December after Fox fired Bryan Singer from the project.“Mr.

Robot” star Rami Malek is in the lead role as Freddie Mercury, the frontman for Queen.

New Regency and Gk Films are the production companies.

Mercury wrote numerous hits for Queen, including “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Killer Queen,” “Somebody to Love,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” and “We Are the Champions.”“The New Mutants” and “Dark Phoenix” were originally scheduled to open this year on April 13 and Nov.

2, respectively.

“The New Mutants” was subsequen back once to Feb.

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