Elvis is an upcoming biographical musical drama film about Elvis Presley directed by Baz Luhrmann, from a screenplay written by Luhrmann, Sam Bromell, Craig Pearce, and Jeremy Doner, with a story by Luhrmann and Doner. It stars Tom Hanks and Austin Butler, with Olivia DeJonge, Yola Quartey, Luke Bracey, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Dacre Montgomery, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh and David Wenham in supporting roles.
Cast:
-Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker
– Austin Butler as Elvis Presley
– Chaydon Jay as pre-teen Elvis
-Olivia DeJonge as Priscilla Presley
– Yola Quartey as Sister Rosetta Tharpe
-Luke Bracey as Jerry Schilling
-Kelvin Harrison Jr. as B.B. King
– Dacre Montgomery as Steve Binder
– Helen Thomson as Gladys Presley, Elvis’s mother
– Richard Roxburgh as Vernon Presley, Elvis’s father
– David Wenham as Hank Snow
– Alton Mason as Little Richard
Elvis is scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 24, 2022. It was previously scheduled to be released on October 1, 2021, before being delayed to November 5, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and later to June 3, 2022. According to Variety, the film was part of the announcement by Warner Bros. Pictures to debut its entire 2021 slate concurrently in movie theaters and on HBO Max, before the film was officially pushed to 2022. It will be streamed on HBO Max 45 days after its theatrical release.
