Kelvin Harrison Jr. (“The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “The Photograph”) has landed a supporting role as legendary blues musician B.B. King in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley film at Warner Bros. Pictures.
Austin Butler stars as the King of Rock and Roll, while Tom Hanks is playing Elvis’ manager Colonel Tom Parker, and the story explores the complex dynamic between Presley and Parker over two decades.
It will chronicle Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, all against “the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America”. Olivia DeJonge co-stars as Priscilla Presley.
Filming had begun when it was shut down in March after Hanks came down with COVID-19. Production resumed in September.
Source: Deadline