Baz Luhrmann spent several years working on an Elvis Presley biopic. That was turned into an Oscar-nominated movie in which Austin Butler played the legendary musician.
The director revealed yesterday that he had unearthed lost videos of the late singer, and he will be turning them into a behind-the-scenes feature of The King from the early ’70s concert events.
“There has always been talk amongst Elvis’ fans, both longtime fans and newer fans brought in by our film Elvis, of missing reels and never-before-seen concert footage,” Luhrmann told Deadline. “During the making of Elvis, from very early on in my process I had the privilege to access the studio’s vaults deep in the salt mines of Kansas, where troves of old film negatives are stored. We were astonished by the sheer volume of unused footage from Elvis: That’s the Way It Is, the film of Elvis’ legendary 1970 Summer Festival in Las Vegas – all shot on anamorphic 35mm – and also from Elvis’s road concert film from two years later, Elvis on Tour.”
Luhrmann is currently taking care of business to make this happen, so, as of now, there is no release date. However, he did cut a teaser. If you want to see it, then click here!
Baz Luhrmann released a new trailer for his epic biopic about Elvis Presley starring Austin Butler, and I already have a hunka, hunka, burning love for this film.
If it is as trippy and as beautiful as Romeo & Juliet and Moulin Rouge, then I think they are going to have a very busy awards season as they should because the movie seems to have matched the caliber of the greatness of the King himself.
It looks so mind-blowingly good that it might even bring Elvis out of hiding. Where has he been?
So mark your calendars for June 24th because you are not going to want to miss the day this film comes out. And if you do, then we might have to send you to Jailhouse Rock!
Baz Luhrmann released the first trailer for his ELVIS biopic with Austin Butler in the title role.
I am not sure how I feel about it because it is just a series of flash cuts. However, I know that the director makes everything beautiful, so I am sure this is a movie fit for the King.
When it comes to Butler, I think he looks like himself as the younger Elvis. However, he is the spitting of Elvis when they put the prosthetics on him.
Talking about prosthetics, what about Tom Hanks as the Colonel? It looks, and it doesn’t look like the two-time Oscar winner. Could he win his third? If it is a boring year of movies like this one, then yes.
I hope it is because Luhrmann deserves an Oscar because he has an eye like no other in the movie business.
For years, we have been hearing about how Baz Luhrman is doing a movie about Elvis Presley with Austin Butler in the title role. However, it got delayed because Tom Hanks was the first celebrity to reveal he tested positive for COVID-19. And then the virus went into full pandemic.
Well, after several delays, the movie has a release date of June 24th. So today, the director released a teaser for his film.
Well, the teasing worked because I can’t wait to see it. Between Luhrman, Hanks, Butler, you know we are going to get a movie that is fit for a King, the King of Rock’n’Roll!
Tom Hanks has gone through many transformations throughout his career. He gained weight for A League of Their Own, he lost a lot for Philadelphia, and now he got a “horrible” haircut to play Colonel Tom Parker in Baz Luhrmann’s movie about Elvis Presley.
The actor debuted the nearly bald look on The Graham Norton Show, and he tried to hide it by having his head above the computer’s camera’s angle. Eventually, he gave us a quick glimpse. The Oscar winner is correct; it is “horrible.” Hopefully, it will grow back. Although, we will love him with or without hair.
Now, the question is, will the Academy love him enough to give him his third Oscar because of it. We will find out whenever that film comes out.
