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EXCLUSIVE: Four-time Grammy-winning recording artist Gary Clark Jr. is set to play American blues singer-songwriter Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup and four-time Grammy nominee Yola will play musical icon, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, in the Baz Luhrmann-directed Warner Bros Elvis biopic, which is currently shooting in…

EXCLUSIVE: Following a lengthy search, director Baz Luhrmann has tapped up-and-comer Alton Mason to play legendary musician Little Richard in Warner Bros’ Elvis.  Sources tell Deadline that even as the film got back into production following suspension due to Covid-19, Luhrmann wanted to make sure he took his time in…

EXCLUSIVE: Kelvin Harrison Jr. has landed a supporting role in the upcoming Elvis film from director Baz Luhrmann and Warner Bros. The pic resumed shooting back in September after star Tom Hanks came down with COVID-19 in March, prompting a six-month production shutdown. Austin Butler has been tapped to star as King…

Baz Luhrmann's Warner Bros. Elvis movie is back on track, and will resume filming on Sept. 23 in Queensland, Australia. The news comes six months after the production was forced to shut down after leading man Tom Hanks, who is playing the King of Rock & Roll’s manager Colonel Tom, came down with COVID-19, as we first r…

Australian director Baz Luhrmann has taken himself and his family into voluntary quarantine after coming into contact with Tom Hanks on the set of his new, untitled Elvis film. Luhrmann, his wife and two teenage children are isolating and Luhrmann on Thursday shut down work on his  Elvis film, now in pre-production in…