Elvis is an upcoming biographical musical drama movie about Elvis Presley directed by Baz Luhrmann, from a screenplay written by Luhrmann, Sam Bromell, Craig Pearce, and Jeremy Doner, with a narrative by Luhrmann and Doner. It stars Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, with Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh, Olivia DeJonge, Luke Bracey, Natasha Bassett, David Wenham, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Xavier Samuel, and Kodi Smit-McPhee in supporting roles.
Elvis is scheduled to be launched in america on June 24, 2022, by Warner Bros. Footage.
Manufacturing
Author, director, and producer Baz Luhrmann
The venture was first introduced in April 2014, when Baz Luhrmann entered negotiations to direct the movie, with Kelly Marcel writing the script.[5]
No additional growth on the movie was introduced till March 2019, when Tom Hanks was solid within the function of Colonel Tom Parker. Luhrmann was set as director, and in addition changed Marcel as screenwriter with Sam Bromell and Craig Pearce.[6][7][8] In July, the frontrunners for the function of Presley had been Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller, Austin Butler, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Harry Kinds, with Butler profitable the function later that month.[9][10] In October, Olivia DeJonge was solid to play Priscilla Presley.[11] Maggie Gyllenhaal and Rufus Sewell had been solid as Gladys and Vernon Presley in February 2020, with Yola solid as Sister Rosetta Tharpe.[12][8][7]
Principal images started on January 28, 2020 in Australia.[13][14][15] On March 12, 2020, manufacturing was halted when Hanks and his spouse Rita Wilson examined constructive for COVID-19 through the pandemic.[16][17] Filming resumed on September 23.[18] In September 2020, Luke Bracey, Richard Roxburgh, Helen Thomson, Dacre Montgomery, Natasha Bassett, Xavier Samuel, Leon Ford, Kate Mulvany, Gareth Davies, Charles Grounds, Josh McConville, and Adam Dunn joined the solid of the movie. Roxburgh and Thomson changed Sewell and Gyllenhaal, respectively, who needed to drop out on account of scheduling conflicts brought on by the capturing delay.[19][20] Kelvin Harrison Jr. was introduced to be portraying B.B. King in December.[21] In January 2021, it was reported that Alton Mason could be portraying Little Richard within the movie.[22]
