"Elvis" gets back to work

by Ben Miller

Elvis and his manager Colonel Parker in 1958

Though the coronavirus is still raging in the US, the rest of the world is starting to get back to normal, and that means the restarting of international film productions.  One of the most noteworthy of those productions,  restarting in Australia, is Baz Luhrmann’s (as of yet untitled) Elvis Presley film, starring Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood’s Austin Butler as the King of Rock and the world’s most famous COVID patient, Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker.

The project itself is relatively unknown, but we do know Luhrmann, so don't expect the typical biopic treatment...

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Good Joe Link

• LA Times RIP the iconic Diana Rigg (1938-2020)
• MNPP celebrating Michelle Williams, who just turned 40
• /Film Ewan McGregor confirms that he'll return to the role of Obi Wan Kenobi for a one season series on Disney Plus. For what it's worth Ewan will be 50 years old when they start shooting next year but that's still young for Obi Wan adventures. Sir Alec Guiness was 63 when the original Star Wars was released in 1977

After the jump, we stan Jane Fonda, Oscar dreams for Mark Wahlberg?, a 'what if' for 2020 movie culture, Sigourney Weaver on set and more....

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Yes No Maybe So: Ammonite

by Nathaniel R

Okay. NOW it feels like prestige film season is about to begin... even though it isn't, not really, at least not in its traditional way. Behold the lovely poster for Ammonite, pairing two star profiles in ethereal fashion, The trailer is even more thrilling. Let's break down the Yes No and Maybe So of it all after the jump...

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Release Dates, for the hell of it...

by Nathaniel R

Remember when reporting on movie news and release dates used to have meaning? It's a distant foggy memory but there was, in fact, a time when release dates felt, if not certain, than likely... something to get giddy about while you waited for the next "Must See". The Bond and Fast and Furious producers who pushed their films No Time to Die and F9, respectively, several months away when people first started to learn the word "coronavirus" are looking very smart in hindsight. They got the hell out of there before anyone was sick! Disney with Mulan and WB with Tenet chose to play the "let's just wait one more month" game and keep playing it. Both movies have recently pushed back to August.

Here's the schedule of the big(gish) movies for the rest of the year though obviously you should read it with not a grain of salt but the whole Great Salt Lake from Utah...

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Links

• The Playlist Tenet pushed back to August. Shouldn't they just push it back to November at this point? What will change in one month's time?
• Variety Zoe Kravitz talks playing Catwoman in The Batman (2021). La Pfeiffer gave her blessing!
• Awards Daily interviews Tim Blake Nelson of Watchmen

After the jump a new Princess Diana movie, Big Mouth changes, new roles for Keke Palmer and Michael Keaton and a Gone With the Wind discussion...

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