Taking Care of Business Teaser Reveals First Look at Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Biopic

If
there
is
anyone
qualified
to
bring
the
King
of
Rock
and
Roll
Elvis
Presley’s
colorful
story
to
life
on
screen,
then
Baz
Luhrmann
has
got
to
be
high
up
on
the
list,
and
we
have
had
our
first
peek
at
just
what
the
director
with
a
flair
for
the
spectacular
has
done
with

Elvis,
the
new
biopic
of
one
of
music’s
biggest
ever
icons.
Having
done
Shakespeare,
musicals
and
F.
Scott
Fitzgerald’s
best
known
work,
the
Australian
tackles
the
story
of
Presley’s
rise
to
fame
and
his
relationship
with
Colonel
Tom
Parker.

While
the
long
search
for
a
lead
finally
came
to
an
end
in
2019,
when
Austin
Butler
was
cast
as



Elvis
Presley,
there
was
a
lot
of
competition
from
some
big
names
being
in
the
running
for
the
role,
including
Harry
Styles
–
who
seems
to
be
in
contention
for
everything
recently
–
Miles
Teller
and
Ansel
Elgort,
but
ultimately
something
about
relative
newcomer
Butler
fit
exactly
what
Luhrmann
was
looking
for
despite
his
short
list
of
credits.
Alongside
Butler,
Tom
Hanks
will
play
Tom
Parker,
a
role
that
has
been
teased
by
Hanks
already
when
the
actor
showed
off
a
new
look
he
adopted
to
play
the
rock
and
roll
legend’s
manager.

Baz
Luhrmann
himself
revealed
the
teaser
for
the
movie,
as
well
as
announcing
the
release
date
of
June
2022.
The
teaser
certainly
lives
up
to
that
name
at
just
21
seconds
long,
but
it
manages
to
pack
in
a
glimpse
of
Butler’s
Elvis
as
younger
man
with
his
trademark
slicked-back
hair,
the
iconic
black
leather
outfit
that
he
wore
in
the
’68
Comeback
Special,
and
his
Vegas-era
white
jumpsuit,
as
well
as
ending
with
a
TCB
gold
logo
–
standing
for
both
the
name
used
by
Elvis
for
his
band
from
the
end
of
the
60s
and
could
also
alude
to
the
King’s
catchphrase
of “taking
care
of
business.”
That
same
phrase
makes
its
way
into
Luhrmann’s
tweet
with
the
teaser.

“Made
a
little
something
to
let
you
good
people
know
we
are
taking
care
of
business
on
June
24,
2022,”
Luhrmann
posted.

The
film
has
been
in
production
for
a
long
while,
and
the
final
reveal
of
a
release
date
will
mean
fans
of
Luhrmann
and
Elvis
can
finally
get
a
little
excited
about
the
biopic’s
arrival.
The
movie
first
entered
development
seven
years
ago,
but
it
took
until
early
2020
for
the
shooting
of
the
movie
to
final
get
underway,
only
to
be
halted
when



Tom
Hanks
tested
positive
with
Covid-19.
The
movie
was
scheduled
for
release
in
October
this
year,
but
the
additional
delays
meant
that
date
slid
to
2022.
The
film
will
be
the
latest
in
a
series
of
big
biopics
seen
in
the
last
few
years,
including
the
likes
of

Bohemian
Rhapsody
and

Rocket
Man,
and
there
is
every
likelihood
that

Elvis
will
continue
the
trend
with
Presley’s
legacy
continuing
to
be
as
strong
as
ever.

The
larger-than-life
persona
of
Presley
will
certainly
suit
Luhrmann’s
glitzy
and
visually
stunning
style
and
we
will
surely
see
more
of
this
in
the
next
few
months
when
we
get
a
first
full
trailer
for
the
movie,
but
for
now,
the
teaser
has
done
its
work
and
left
us
intrigued
to
see
how
the
final
product
turns
out.