Elvis
Two - time Oscar success Tom Hanks has been cast asElvis Presley’smanager Colonel Tom Parker in Baz Luhrmann and Warner Bros ’ as yet ignoble biopic about the iconic rock and roll star . style back in 2014 , it was reported thatan Elvis biopic was in the workswith Luhrmann in talks to direct . Since then there ’s been footling in the way of life of news , but it now seems that the project is lastly locomote forward somewhat .
Luhrmann ’s biopic is by no means the first time Elvis Presley ’s lifespan has been adapted for the silver screen . In 2005 Jonathan Rhys Myers portray the rock fable in a CBS miniskirt - serial titledElvisand more recently he was play by Michael Shannon in the 2016 clowning - dramaElvis & Nixon , which were both received well by critics . Luhrmann ’s film , however , will be the first definitive biopic about Presley .
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WithVarietyreporting that Hanks is now in talks to wreak Presley ’s manager , Luhrmann ’s biopic is starting to front very promising . Colonel Tom Parker was the man responsible for give away Elvis when he was a fledgling star and was instrumental in some of Presley ’s large career milestones , including his record deal with RCA and his modulation into play in films likeLove Me TenderandJailhouse Rock . In previous productions about Presley ’s sprightliness , Parker has been portrayed by actors including Beau Bridges , Randy Quaid and Gene Jones . While the part of Elvis has yet to be drop , Luhrmann has always had a big star in psyche to encounter Parker and he ’s emphatically got one in Hanks .
Though it ’s been slow on the development front for the biopic , it ’s been confirm that Australian screenwriter Craig Pearce – who antecedently worked with Luhrmann onThe Great Gatsby , Moulin Rouge , Romeo + JulietandStrictly Ballroom – is co - pen the script with the film director . Hanks ' cast is sure enough a measure in the correct focusing . Though the budget for the movie is still being discussed , it ’s thought now that a braggart name like Hanks is impound , Warner Bros. will want to set out moving forward with the project with Luhrmann hoping to start production at some distributor point this year .
It ’s a good time to be make music biopics too . In 2015 , F. Gary Gray ’s NWA biopicStraight Outta Comptonwas shower with extolment and this year the Rami Malek fronted Queen biopicBohemian Rhapsodyearneda handful of Academy Awards . At the oddment of May , we ’ll also see the button ofRocketman – an Elton John biopic face byKingsmanstar Taron Egerton .
Playing Parker wo n’t be the first sentence Hanks has take on a real - life character either . Just in the last few years of his four - decade career Hanks has dally a embarrassment of material people include Captain Richard Phillips inCaptain Phillips , Walt Disney inSaving Mr. Banks , airline pilot Chesley Sullenberger inSullyandWashington Posteditor Ben Bradlee inThe Post . afterwards this yr , Hanks will also star askids ’ TV donor Mister Rogersin upcoming biopicA Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood . With Hanks ’ gift as an role player and Luhrmann ’s attainment in relieve oneself epic , music - focus motion picture there ’s every reason to start getting excited about theirElvis biopic .
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Source : Variety
