It was a commercial success, grossing over $288 million worldwide against an $85 million budget. Production resumed in September, wrapping in March 2021.Įlvis premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 25, 2022, and was released in Australia on June 23 and in the United States on June 24, by Warner Bros.
Filming began in Australia in January 2020 but was put on hiatus in March after Hanks tested positive for COVID-19 at the onset of the pandemic. Butler was cast in the title role that July, beating out several other actors including Miles Teller and Harry Styles. It stars Austin Butler and Tom Hanks as Presley and Parker, respectively, with Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Luke Bracey in supporting roles.Ī biographical film about Elvis Presley was first announced inĢ014, with Luhrmann set to direct, but the project languished in development hell until early 2019, when Hanks joined the film. It chronicles the life of the American rock and roll singer and actor Elvis Presley under the management of Colonel Tom Parker.
Elvis is a 2022 epic biographical drama film co-produced and directed by Baz Luhrmann, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sam Bromell, Craig Pearce, and Jeremy Doner.
