Watch Teaser Trailer for Upcoming ‘Elvis’ Movie
Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann shared a new teaser trailer for the upcoming biopic Elvis, which stars Tom Hanks as Elvis Presley’s supervisor, Col. Tom Parker.
“Just gotta be earning the most of this detail when I can,” we hear in the 15-second clip, which Luhrmann (The Excellent Gatsby, Moulin Rouge) tweeted Monday. “This could all be more than in a flash.” The video, accessible to look at below, precedes a whole trailer out Thursday.
Plot details for Elvis, which hits theaters on June 24, have been intently guarded given that the project’s announcement in 2019. And it can be evident that several of the specifics are even now underneath wraps: The teaser mostly attributes the King’s back, with just ample hip-swiveling and leg-shaking to make the character distinct.
In his tweet, Luhrmann utilised the #TCB hashtag, a reference to the Presley band name and the singer’s motto, “Using Treatment of Organization.”
Col. Parker performed a large purpose in Presley’s rise to fame. However he was never included in picking out the music Presley performed, he did begin managing bookings and marketing early in Presley’s profession ahead of turning out to be his supervisor. Parker also secured Presley’s document deal with RCA and later served him transition to Hollywood. Other authentic-lifestyle people played by Hanks include Jim Lovell in Apollo 13, airline pilot Chesley Sullenberger in Sully, and Mister Rogers in A Wonderful Day in the Neighborhood.
Austin Butler, who appeared in the 2019 movies The Useless Really do not Die and At the time On a Time in Hollywood, is playing the purpose of Elvis. Luhrmann reported in a statement, “We searched comprehensively for an actor with the capability to evoke the singular purely natural motion and vocal features of this peerless star, but also the internal vulnerability of the artist.” Like Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, Butler is a lesser-acknowledged actor (at the very least for now) portraying a famous musician.
The filming of Elvis hasn’t been devoid of troubles. Manufacturing was shut down in March 2020 immediately after Hanks contracted COVID-19 when in Australia, wherever the film was being filmed. The actor and his wife, Rita Wilson, were among the the initially entertainers to expose a positive prognosis when the pandemic very first strike, and the two quarantined for two months in Australia just before returning to the U.S. The pandemic delayed perform on the motion picture for six months, and Hanks was able to return to Australia and resume filming in September 2020.
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