Quick News: Elvis, Books, Avengers, Moranis

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Garth Franklin
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Elvis
Luke Bracey (“Point Break,” “Hacksaw Ridge”) has joined the cast of Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” biopic alongside Tom Hanks, Austin Butler, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rufus Sewell. Shooting is getting underway in Ausltralia.

Bracey will play Jerry Schilling, who started out with Elvis Presley as young football buddies in Memphis and became a crucial part of Elvis’ entourage throughout his career. He also managed the Beach Boys and Jerry Lee Lewis. [Source: Variety]

The Inventor
Marion Cotillard will join Daisy Ridley, Matt Berry and Stephen Fry for the voice cast of stop-motion animated family feature “The Inventor” about the life of Renaissance master Leonardo Da Vinci. Oscar-nominated “Ratatouille” scribe Jim Capobianco will executive produce. [Source: Variety]

Clive Barker’s Books of Blood
Hulu has released a brief teaser for its forthcoming film adaptation of “Clive Barker’s Books of Blood” set to premiere on the streaming service on October 7th. The Brannon Braga-directed feature will adapt three short stories from Barker’s collection. Andy McQueen, Anna Friel, Britt Robertson, Rafi GavronYul Vazquez, Nichols Campbell and Freda Foh Shen co-star.

Marvel’s Avengers
“Kong: Skull Island” director Jordan Vogt-Roberts has taken the helm of a new longform launch trailer for the just released “Marvel’s Avengers” video game on all platforms. The helmer shared the clip on social media, saying it was: “a dream to fuse a hyper-kinetic camera and style of action with truly iconic Marvel characters.”

Rick Moranis
Having sold Aviation Gin for over a half billion dollars, Ryan Reynolds can pretty much do anything he wants at this point. As a result, he’s teamed with Mint Mobile to launch a new unlimited monthly plan and in doing so he’s starring in an ad campaign where he has managed to bring comedy legend Rick Moranis out of a several decade retirement, albeit briefly, for the spot. Moranis will also soon be seen in “Shrunk,” the Disney+ spin-off of the “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” franchise.