Michael Balderston is a Film Information Editor with Display screen Rant. He has been protecting the film and leisure trade for numerous publications for greater than a decade. Along with continuously seeing as many new motion pictures as doable and discovering classics, he has a level in Cinema from Elon College.
After the likes of Austin Butler and Jacob Elordi not too long ago portrayed Elvis Presley on display screen, the King himself is making a comeback in 2026 due to a brand new live performance film constructed from long-lost footage of Presley performances.
A number of retailers reported on Thursday, October 9, that Neon and Common Photos Content material Group acquired the US and worldwide rights to EPiC: Elvis Presley in Live performance, made by Baz Luhrmann, whose most up-to-date directorial effort was 2022’s Elvis starring Butler. Whereas an actual date has not been introduced, the plan is to launch the live performance movie in theaters in 2026.
Luhrmann constructed the film from beforehand thought misplaced footage from Presley’s Las Vegas residency in the course of the Nineteen Seventies, whereas additionally that includes 16mm footage from the 1972 documentary Elvis on Tour, 8mm footage from the Graceland archive, and recordings of Presley telling “his aspect of the story.”
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