#Make Way For The King

Set against the backdrop of a soulful acapella version of Presley’s “Suspicious Minds,” an immaculately-coiffed man — presumably Elvis — poses his way from the humble beginnings of a county fair to the set of a tv show (perhaps one of his early appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show”). It takes us all the way to him walking backstage with his closest circle of supporters in the iconic white jumpsuit, designed by Bill Belew, which would come to be associated with Elvis’ Las Vegas engagements of the early ’70s. 

So, the movie appears to take us through the King’s career from his birth in a two-room shotgun house in Mississippi to rock and roll immortality. Elvis’ story is a sprawling one, a true rags-to-riches arc that demands a storyteller who goes big or goes home. As such, Baz Luhrmann, he of the three-hour epic “Australia” and the all-out Hollywood musical “Moulin Rouge,” is the man for the job.

Elvis Monday⚡️

Made a little something to let you good people know we are taking care of business on June 24, 2022.#Elvis #TCB pic.twitter.com/grf8IGqfw9

— Baz Luhrmann (@bazluhrmann) November 15, 2021

The forthcoming Elvis movie is penned by Luhrmann & Sam Bromell, Craig Pearce, and Jeremy Doner, based on a story by Luhrmann and Doner. It stars Butler opposite Tom Hanks (who plays longtime Presley manager Colonel Tom Parker), with Olivia DeJonge, Yola Quartey, Luke Bracey, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Dacre Montgomery, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh, and David Wenham in supporting roles.

The untitled Elvis movie arrives in theaters on June 24, 2022.