After finding success in theaters with even more praising the film following its streaming debut on HBO Max, could we see an extended cut of Elvis be released? Not anytime soon, if ever, according to director Baz Luhrmann. The film, starring Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker alongside Austin Butler as Elvis Presley, drew a lot of praise with its release, even garnering some early Oscar buzz. The film is also a big hitter at the box office as one of the highest-grossing musician biopics ever released, behind only the hit movie Bohemian Rhapsody.
There has been some renewed attention on Elvis this month with the movie now streaming at home on HBO Max. Some fans who love the film were left wanting more and may want to see an extended cut, such as the rumored four-hour version that people have been personally asking Luhrmann to develop. As explained in a new interview with Screen Rant, however, Luhrmann isn’t entirely closed off to the idea, and he suggests Warner Bros. would be interested in allowing him to finish an extended cut based on the film’s success. With that said, he just doesn’t see himself taking that on anytime soon.
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Luhrmann explains why it’s not so simple to release a four-hour cut of Elvis. Because there had been so much footage removed from the film, those cut scenes were not given the necessary polishing to match the look and sound of the rest of the film. The truth is that it would take a very long time to go back and complete the longer version of the film.
You can catch Elvis streaming on HBO Max.
