{"id":11298,"date":"2022-02-17T18:07:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T17:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1587406"},"modified":"2022-02-17T18:35:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T17:35:12","slug":"elvis-trailer-gives-first-look-at-baz-lurhmann-biopic","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/elvis-trailer-gives-first-look-at-baz-lurhmann-biopic\/","title":{"rendered":"Elvis trailer gives first look at Baz Lurhmann biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 17 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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It\u2019s been almost nine years since Baz Luhrmann last released a film, but the Aussie director is set to return in style this year with a movie about rock \u2018n\u2019 roll legend Elvis Presley \u2013 and the first trailer has just been released.<\/p>\n

The trailer gives fans a first look at Austin Butler as the iconic singer and Tom Hanks as his long-term manager Colonel Tom Parker (complete with an interesting Dutch accent), and it looks like we can expect all the glitz and glamour you\u2019d imagine from a Luhrmann project.<\/p>

\u201cThere are some who make me out to be the villain of this here story,\u201d Parker says at the trailer\u2019s opening, before we see various key moments from throughout Presley\u2019s career \u2013 including his first major performance and his reaction to the assassination of Martin Luther King.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the trailer\u2019s soundtrack features a number of Presley\u2019s most famous songs, including renditions of his iconic hits Heartbreak Hotel and Unchained Melody.<\/p>\n

And of course, the final line we hear in the trailer is a voice saying, \u201cElvis has left the building.\u201d You can check out the trailer in full below.<\/p>\n