Priscilla Presley mentioned in a In July 2019, 27-year-old actor Austin Butler was cast in the role of Elvis Presley.
Paramount has dated an untitled Hasbro event film for the same date in 2021.Warner Bros. also announced that it is moving Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” back a month to from Nov. 20, 2020, to Dec. 18., 2020, when it will compete against “Coming to America 2,” Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” and Sony’s “Uncharted.”Based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name, the film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, David Dastmalchian, Stephen Henderson, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem. A Variety and iHeartRadio Podcast The actor was in Australia filming his new movie, an untitled biopic on the life of Elvis Presley, directed by "Moulin Rouge" helmer Baz Lurhmann. He posted a picture on October 1, 2019 of Austin standing at the entrance to Tupelo Hardware, the place where Presley’s parents bought him his first guitar.Focusing on the early part of Presley’s career, Luhrmann has also cast actors for the roles of Presley’s parents, Gladys and Vernon. The untitled film …
Warner Bros has shut down production on the forthcoming Elvis Presley biopic after actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson were tested positive for coronavirus.. Maggie Gyllenhaal will play Gladys…and Rufus Sewell will play Vernon.In October 2019, it was announced that young Australian actress Olivia DeJonge will play Priscilla Beaulieu.Other roles cast include George Klein, Memphis DJ and high school classmate of Elvis, to be played by Alex Radu. Presley broke out in 1956 with “Heartbreak Hotel.”The project marks Luhrmann’s first film since his adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Elvis is in the building on Oct. 1, 2021, the date set by Warner Bros. for Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis Presley biopic. He most recently worked on the Netflix series “The Get Down.” The plan is to shoot at the top of 2020 to accommodate Hanks’ schedule. Elvis is in the building on Oct. 1, 2021, the date set by Warner Bros. for The studio announced the date on Friday, three weeks after setting Luhrmann co-wrote the script with Craig Pearce. Butler has had an extensive acting career starting as a teenager in television, and later moving on to Broadway and film. There are 50,000 Elvis impersonators in the world - but Jamie McDonnell has got what it takes to make him stand out from the crowd. Tom Hanks will play Colonel Parker and Austin Butler will play Elvis Presley in an upcoming movie about The King of Rock and Roll. The movie covers on the relationship between the veteran manager and the young singer, who was born in 1935 to a poor family in the small town of Tupelo, Miss. He's got the voice, the moves and the looks.
He recently appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s Baz Luhrmann took Butler along with him while doing research in Tupelo, Mississippi at Elvis Presley’s birthplace. Also, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, known as “Not affiliated with Elvis Presley’s Estate or EPE Gladys Presley died in 1958, when Presley was only 23 years old. One based on Sonny West's book "Elvis: Still Taking Care Of Business", the other is apossible remake of Elvis' classic "Blue Hawaii".
Kristen Lopez Mar 11, 2020 10:21 pm The untitled film is being directed by Baz Luhrmann (The movie will focus on Elvis Presley’s relationship with Colonel Parker. Two new Elvis themed movies are in the works. Tom Hanks’ Elvis Movie Halts Production Amid His Coronavirus Diagnosis Tom Hanks is in Australia to film the upcoming untitled Elvis Presley movie directed by … The latest news on Baz Luhrmann's new Elvis Presley film Meet the cast of the upcoming Elvis Presley biopic Tom Hanks will play Colonel Parker and Austin Butler will play Elvis Presley in an upcoming movie about The King of Rock and Roll.