Fantastic Trailer for Baz Luhrmann Elvis Presley Biopic ELVIS Starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks
Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for director Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic, Elvis, and this looks like it’s gonna be a great film! This trailer is fantastic and it did its job of selling me on the movie. I don’t know what I was expecting, but I wasn’t expecting this!
The guy they got to play Elvis, Austin Butler, seems perfect for the role! He’s definitely got the look, and from what I’ve seen in this trailer, he’s got the acting chops as well. The movie also stars Tom Hanks as the guy who discovered Elvis, Colonel Tom Parker.
The film explores “the life and music of Elvis Presley (Butler), seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Hanks). The story delves into the complex dynamic between Presley and Parker spanning over 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America. Central to that journey is one of the most significant and influential people in Elvis’s life, Priscilla Presley (Olivia DeJonge).”
Starring alongside Hanks and Butler, we have Helen Thomson (Top of the Lake: China Girl) as Elvis’s mother, Gladys, Richard Roxburgh (Hacksaw Ridge) as Elvis’s father, Vernon, and DeJonge (The Visit) plays Priscilla. Luke Bracey (Hacksaw Ridge) plays Jerry Schilling, Natasha Bassett (Hail, Caesar!) plays Dixie Locke, David Wenham (The Lord of the Rings) plays Hank Snow, Kelvin Harrison Jr. (The Trial of the Chicago 7) plays B.B. King, Xavier Samuel (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) plays Scotty Moore, and Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog) plays Jimmie Rodgers Snow.
Other cast members include Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Things) as TV director Steve Binder, alongside Australian actors Leon Ford (Gallipoli) as Tom Diskin, Kate Mulvany (The Great Gatsby) as Marion Keisker, Gareth Davies (Hunters) as Bones Howe, Charles Grounds (Crazy Rich Asians) as Billy Smith, Josh McConville (Fantasy Island) as Sam Phillips, and Adam Dunn (Home and Away) as Bill Black.
Elvis is set to be released in theaters on June 24th, 2022 and I can’t wait to watch it!