Elvis

(Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images) Lisa Marie Presley and Austin Butler sat down for a special chat in the 20/20 special, Exclusively Elvis, highlighting the upcoming Baz Luhrmann film, Elvis, and the icon behind it. Growing up the daughter of an absolute icon, Lisa Marie had the highest of hopes and expectations going into the movie. As soon as she met Butler and saw the film, she realized how much of himself he gave to ensuring that her father’s legacy was brilliant and authentic. “It’s almost as if he…

According to Baz Luhrmann’s biopic, Elvis Presley’s dream was to be a great actor. But his Hollywood ambitions were frequently stifled by his controlling manager, Colonel Tom Parker (played by Tom Hanks). A key scene in the film has a rueful Elvis (Austin Butler) explaining that he won’t be able to co-star opposite Barbara Streisand in the 1976 remake of A Star Is Born (a part he really wanted), because negotiations between Streisand and Parker ended extremely badly. Though that’s the only example that makes it into the…

Image via Warner Bros. To even attempt to capture the spirit of a cultural figure as enormous as Elvis Presley is a herculean task on its own; being the one to decide which parts of that story will capture said figure is even less enviable. Nevertheless, it was an honorable labor for Elvis director Baz Luhrmann, who revealed in an interview with RadioTimes that over an hour and a half of footage had to be cut from the film’s theatrical release. Luhrmann, who has access to the uncut version of the film, had to…

Elvis director Baz Luhrmann has claimed that his forthcoming Elvis Presley biopic originally had a runtime of around four hours.The film, which is released in cinemas this week, stars Austin Butler as the rock ‘n’ roll singer, and Tom Hanks as his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.While the theatrically released film clocks in at around two-and-a-half hours, Luhrmann revealed his original cut was substantially longer – and detailed some of the material that had been cut.Speaking to Radio Times, the Moulin Rouge filmmaker said:…

The upcoming Baz Luhrmann-directed Elvis Presley biopic includes an original song from Eminem featuring CeeLo Green.In the lead-up to the arrival of the film, which hits theaters on June 24, we’ve gotten another preview of the soundtrack album. Em is joined by the Goodie Mob member for “The King and I,”​​​​​ a song that channels the vibe of some of Elvis’ more dance-oriented records. The Elvis soundtrack will feature contributions from an eclectic selection of musicians, with some providing original tracks and others…

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Austin Butler has recently portrayed the late legend Elvis Aaron Presley and fans have mixed reactions to it. While few fans think that Elvis Presley is not coming through in Austin Butler’s portrayal of the late actor, the King’s own flesh and blood loved his performance. The official ‘Elvis’ page’s TikTok account posted a clip from the upcoming movie and it shows Butler as Elvis talking to another character behind the Hollywood sign. In the clip, Butler was discussing how people wanted to take him down when he first…

Image via Warner Bros. It’s hard to imagine a more iconic American rock star than Elvis Presley aka The King of Rock and Roll. He’s sold more than 500 million records worldwide and changed the face of popular music forever. But Baz Luhrman wasn’t crazy about having a less-popular but still iconic young pop star play the King in his new biopic of Presley. Harry Styles is just too Harry Styles to be Elvis, according to the director. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp2BNHwbwvI Styles, arguably the single most…

Priscilla Presley is opening up about the many cease-and-desist letters that Las Vegas chapels have received about using Elvis’ image. And according to her, she has nothing to do with it. Speaking with TMZ, the rockstar’s former wife explained that she hadn’t heard about the situation and had “no idea” Elvis’ name was apparently being stripped from weddings in the city. “That has nothing to do with me,” she explained in a video shared by the publication. Of course, this past week, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported…

Diplo and Swae Lee are set to take the stage at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards for the first live televised performance of Elvis soundtrack single “Tupelo Shuffle.” The track, from the forthcoming Baz Luhrmann film about the King of Rock and Roll in theaters June 24, also features Elvis cast members Austin Butler, who plays Elvis Presley himself, and Gary Clark Jr., who plays Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup in the film. The film also stars Tom Hanks as “Colonel” Tom Parker. Like Presley, Diplo and Swae…