On March 12, 2020, production was halted when Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson tested positive for COVID-19 during the pandemic. Principal photography began on Januin Australia. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Rufus Sewell were cast as Gladys and Vernon Presley in February 2020, with Yola cast as Sister Rosetta Tharpe. In October, Olivia DeJonge was cast to play Priscilla Presley. In July, the frontrunners for the role of Presley were Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller, Austin Butler, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Harry Styles, with Butler winning the role later that month. Luhrmann was set as director, and also replaced Marcel as screenwriter with Sam Bromell and Craig Pearce. No further development on the film was announced until March 2019, when Tom Hanks was cast in the role of Colonel Tom Parker. The project was first announced in April 2014, when Baz Luhrmann entered negotiations to direct the film, with Kelly Marcel writing the script.
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- Richard Roxburgh as Vernon Presley, Elvis's father.
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Helen Thomson as Gladys Presley, Elvis's mother.Chronicles the life and career of rock-and-roll legend Elvis Presley.