Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis Presley biopic has been given a launch date.
It has been introduced by Warner Bros. that the forthcoming film concerning the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, is slated for launch on October 1, 2021, and the director is eager to start manufacturing on the mission later this 12 months.
This information comes after it was confirmed that Austin Butler will play the long-lasting musician, beating Harry Styles, Ansel Elgort, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Miles Teller, who have been all screen-tested for the position.
Luhrmann will direct the film and has penned the script together with Craig Pearce, and the filmmaker beforehand mentioned he was eager to rent a comparatively unknown actor to play the late ‘Hound Dog’ hitmaker – who died in 1977 aged 42 at his Graceland property.
Speaking of the casting, Luhrmann beforehand mentioned: ”I knew I could not make this movie if the casting wasn’t completely proper, and we searched totally for an actor with the flexibility to evoke the singular pure motion and vocal qualities of this peerless star, but additionally the interior vulnerability of the artist.
”Through a journey of intensive display screen testing and music and efficiency workshops, I knew unequivocally that I had discovered somebody who might embody the spirit of one of many world’s most iconic musical figures.”
Tom Hanks is at present on board to play Presley’s former supervisor Colonel Tom Parker who noticed Elvis’ expertise within the early 1950s, initially serving to him with bookings and promotion earlier than changing into his supervisor.
He went on to rearrange the music legend’s cope with RCA, and the singer’s first single with the label ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ set him on the trail to super-stardom after it was launched in January 1956.
