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Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Biopic Lands Prime Awards-Bait Release

Warner Bros.’ untitled Elvis Presley movie, which can star Austin Butler as the enduring singer, has scored a chief awards-bait launch date of October 1, 2021.

The “Dune” reboot will even transfer from November 20, 2020 to December 18, 2020. Warner Bros. additionally slated an untitled WB Event Film for November 20, 2020 — “Dune’s” earlier slot.

In Luhrmann’s film, he will discover the life and music of Elvis by way of his difficult relationship together with his supervisor Col. Tom Parker, who will probably be performed by Tom Hanks.

Also Read: Austin Butler to Play Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s Untitled Movie

Luhrmann wrote the script with Craig Pearce with whom he additionally wrote “The Great Gatsby” and “Moulin Rouge!” The script won’t be primarily based on any pre-existing materials. Luhrmann is producing alongside together with his spouse Catherine Martin. They have each have been growing the mission for the reason that director wrapped up his final movie, 2013’s “The Great Gatsby.” Gail Berman is producing for Tecumseh Productions.

As of proper now, Paramount has an untitled Hasbro Event Film slated for October 1, 2021.

Also Read: Elvis Presley: 11 Shots of the King in His Prime (Photos)

“Dune” is being directed by Denis Villeneuve and can star Timothee Chalamet, Dave Bautista, Jason Momoa, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem and Zendaya.

14 Music Biopics within the Works After ‘Rocketman,’ From Elvis Presley to Aretha Franklin (Photos)

With the field workplace and awards season success of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” music biopics are roaring again. “Rocketman,” primarily based on the lifetime of Elton John, simply launched this previous weekend, and a number of other others are presently within the works, together with movies about Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley, John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

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Amy Winehouse

Monumental Pictures’ Alison Owen and Debra Hayward are producing a movie on the lifetime of the late Amy Winehouse. They’ll be working in coordination with Winehouse’s father Mitch, who beforehand stated in an announcement that he felt lastly the “time was right.” Although nobody has been solid but because the soul singer, Owen tells TheWrap the mission is in growth and the plan is to shoot subsequent yr.

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“Respect” – Aretha Franklin

Before her loss of life in 2018, Aretha Franklin selected Jennifer Hudson to painting her on movie. The biopic follows the Queen of Soul from her childhood singing in her father’s choir, by way of the tumultuous, cultural revolution within the 1960s at the beginning of her profession, and on the best way to turning into a global icon. Tommy Liesl is directing the movie from a script by Oscar winner Callie Khouri. MGM has the film slated for launch on Aug. 14, 2020.

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Bob Marley

Bob Marley’s son Ziggy is producing the currently-in-development biopic concerning the iconic reggae singer’s life with Paramount Pictures. Marley helped introduce reggae to mainstream audiences across the globe and helped change the panorama of music earlier than dying of most cancers at age 36.

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Boy George

Most lately, MGM introduced it’s set to supply a function biopic on the lifetime of Boy George, the flamboyant and charismatic frontman of the pop band Culture Club. Sacha Gervasi (“Anvil: The Story of Anvil”) is writing and directing the movie that can chart his childhood in a working class Irish household up by way of his worldwide success as a solo artist.

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“Beautiful” – Carole King

The movie adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical “Beautiful” concerning the…