(Paris) A touch of rockabilly: the Cannes Film Festival announced on Tuesday that the biopic highly anticipated Elvisabout the American music legend, would have its world premiere on the Croisette during its 75and edition in May.
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The performers, Austin Butler as the rock and roll legend, Olivia DeJonge as his wife Priscilla, and Tom Hanks as his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, are expected at Cannes, along with the director Australian, Baz Luhrmann.
This new biopic rock, a genre that has flourished in recent years, from Joaquin Phoenix to Johnny Cash (walk the line2006) to Rami Malek winning the Oscar in 2019 for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsodyis due out on June 24 in the United States and two days later in the rest of the world.
the biopic traces the life and work of Elvis Presley over two decades, from his rise to stardom to achieving “unprecedented stardom as America experiences major socio-cultural upheaval and loses his innocence,” according to a statement from the festival.
Baz Luhrmann is a regular at Cannes: he is the only director to have presented “two feature films at the opening of the event with Red Mill ! in 2001, selected in competition, and Gatsby the magnificent in 2013,” he continues.
The most important of the world film festivals must unveil its official selection on April 14, including the list of films in the running to succeed the Palme d’or 2021, Titanium by Julia Ducournau.
One month before the festivities (May 17 to 28), very little information has leaked out about this 75and editing. Neither the composition of the jury nor the opening film are yet known.
The only certainty is the presence of Tom Cruise, back in the cockpit to present, 35 years later, a sequel to the mythical Top Gun. Top Gun Maverick is due to screen on May 18.