Elvis (2022 film)

Elvis is an upcoming biographical drama film about Elvis Presley directed by Baz Luhrmann, from a screenplay written by Luhrmann and Craig Pearce. It stars Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, with Olivia DeJonge, Yola Quartey, Luke Bracey, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Dacre Montgomery, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh and David Wenham in supporting roles.
It is scheduled to be released on June 3, 2022, by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Premise.
Chronicles the life and career of rock-and-roll legend Elvis Presley.
Production.
The project was first announced in April 2014, when Baz Luhrmann entered negotiations to direct the film, with Kelly Marcel writing the script.
No further development on the film was announced until March 2019, when Tom Hanks was cast in the role of Colonel Tom Parker. Luhrmann was set as director, and also replaced Marcel as screenwriter with Craig Pearce and Sam Bromell. In July, the frontrunners for the role of Presley were Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller, Austin Butler, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Harry Styles, with Butler winning the role later that month. In October, Olivia DeJonge was cast to play Priscilla Presley. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Rufus Sewell were cast as Gladys and Vernon Presley in February 2020, with Yola cast as Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Principal photography began on January 28, 2020 in Australia. On March 12, 2020, production was halted when Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson tested positive for COVID-19 during the pandemic. Filming resumed on September 23. 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 cast of the film. Roxburgh and Thomson replaced Sewell and Gyllenhaal, respectively, who had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts caused by the shooting delay. Kelvin Harrison Jr. was announced to be portraying B.B. King in December. In January 2021, it was reported that Alton Mason would be portraying Little Richard in the film.
Release.
It is scheduled to be released on June 3, 2022. It was previously scheduled to be released on October 1 and November 5, 2021. According to "Variety", the film was not part of the announcement by Warner Bros. Pictures to debut its entire 2021 slate concurrently in movie theaters and on HBO Max, before the film was pushed to 2022.