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When “Elvis” opens in theaters Friday, it will resurrect one of the most iconic figures in American music in the biggest, most bedazzled film to ever try to capture the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll

On a recent Saturday afternoon, Baz Luhrmann is at a famous tourist attraction in Memphis, Tennessee, a place that has become quite familiar to him.

“Elvis” isn’t your ordinary biopic.

It didn’t take long for Tom Hanks to get all shook up about joining the new “Elvis” biopic.

Director Baz Luhrmann is ready for a little more conversation about Elvis Presley.

Why hasn’t there been a great Elvis biopic yet? Well, Austin Butler wasn’t around to star as the King of Rock 'n' Roll. At the center of Baz Luhrmann’s sprawling pop epic “Elvis,” a film as opulent and outsize as the King’s talent and taste, Butler delivers a fully transformed,…

Baz Luhrmann’s sprawling pop biopic “Elvis,” starring Austin Butler as the iconic King of Rock 'n’ Roll hits theaters this weekend, and it’s likely that the wild portrait of Elvis Presley might spark a desire to revisit, or discover, some of his best work. There’s of course his discography, but…

The longer cut explores Elvis’s addiction to barbiturates and his infamous meeting with Nixon

Rock 'n' Roll icon Elvis Presley was managed during the height of his career by Colonel Tom Parker, with the talent agent often debated over whether he was a scoundrel or a marketing genius

The director’s trademark razzle-dazzle surrounds Tom Hanks as an oily Colonel Tom Parker and Austin Butler, electrifying as The King.

Filmmaker decided the biopic needed a little less conversation...