Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann released a first glimpse of Austin Butler as Elvis Presley in Luhrmann’s upcoming film which has locked a new release date of June 24th 2022.
The film covers the rock legend’s growth from dirt-poor singer to global icon, seen through the prism of his complex relationship over two decades with manager Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks).
Intriguingly Luhrmann’s clip uses a graphic font and hashtag with the letters TCB. The initials stand for ‘Taking Care of Business,’ the name that Presley called his band when he returned to the concert circuit in 1969 after nearly a decade of making movies.
In fact the logo font, with the letters and a lightning flash, is a direct callback to the emblem used in several pieces of Presley’s custom jewelry and can be seen in Graceland. The song “Suspicious Minds,” which can be briefly heard, was also from that period.
Presley ultimately died in 1977 at the age of 42.
Elvis Monday
Made a little something to let you good people know we are taking care of business on June 24, 2022.#Elvis #TCB pic.twitter.com/grf8IGqfw9
— Baz Luhrmann (@bazluhrmann) November 15, 2021
