“Elvis” is ready to rock the Cannes Film Festival.
The biopic about the King of Rock and Roll will make its world premiere next month at the annual festival in Cannes, Frances, organizers announced Tuesday.
Directed by Baz Luhrmann, the film stars Austin Butler as Elvis Presley; Tom Hanks as his controversial manager, Colonel Tom Parker; and Olivia DeJonge as Priscilla Prescley.
Luhrmann, Butler, Hanks and DeJonge will attend the Cannes festival to introduce their movie, which arrives in United States theaters on June 24.
Tuesday’s announcement also featured the release of a new photo from the film showing Butler and Hanks as their characters.
“Elvis” explores the life and career of Presley and his complex relationship with Parker in a story that covers 20 years. The first trailer for the movie debuted in February, with Luhrmann and Butler speaking about the upcoming movie at a virtual event attended by the Daily News.
Butler said of Presley at the time, “He’s such an icon and he’s held up to a superhuman status, so to get to explore that for years now and learn why he was the way that he was and find the human within that icon, that was really just such a joy that I could do it for the rest of my life probably.”
The 2022 edition of the Cannes Film Festival takes place from May 17-28.
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