Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Movie Got its cable TV premiere

By editorial board on February 25, 2024

Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, her adaptation of Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir, Elvis and Me, gets its cable TV premiere

Elvis Presley's former wife Priscilla said the legendary rock star had been the love of her life, despite eventually leaving him, as a film  about their turbulent relationship hit the Venice Film Festival.

"It wasn't that I didn't love him. He was the love of my life, but it was the lifestyle that was so difficult for me," Priscilla told reporters in Venice ahead of the world premiere of the movie, which stars Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi.

Sofia Coppola’s request to use Elvis Presley’s music in her upcoming film, “Priscilla,” was denied — but the director, writer and producer of the controversial biopic that will tell the story of Priscilla Presley’s relationship with the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll said she understands.

“They don’t like projects that they haven’t originated, and they’re protective of their brand,” Coppola, 52, told the Hollywood Reporter in a joint interview with Presley, 78. “But that made us be more creative.”

The “they” that Coppola referred to is Elvis Presley Enterprises, which is 85% owned by Authentic Brands Group and 15% owned by the Presley family.

 

Following the success of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic earlier this year, The King’s former spouse has now announced a special UK tour. This follows on from the Elvis in Concert - Live On-Screen tour she helped host before the pandemic.

 

“Priscilla” stars “Euphoria” actor Jacob Elordi as Elvis and Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla. The film is based on the 1986 memoir “Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N’ Roll,” which Priscilla Presley co-wrote with author Sandra Harmon. Presley herself is a producer on the film, Coppola told Vogue.

The movie’s first trailer, released Wednesday, offers a look at the genesis of how the couple came to be.



Based on the 1985 memoir Elvis and Me, it’s slated to shoot in Toronto later this year

Elvis and long time lover Ann Margret

Sofia Coppola has written and will direct a forthcoming biopic about Priscilla Presley, as Variety reports. Cailee Spaeny (Mare of Easttown) and Jacob Elordi (Euphoria) are slated to star in the project, which is based on Presley’s 1985 memoir Elvis and Me. It’s set to shoot in Toronto later this year, eventually arriving on theater screens in the United States via A24.

 

 

Jacob Elordi to Play Elvis, Cailee Spaeny Is Priscilla Presley in Sofia Coppola’s Film ‘Priscilla’ Born Priscilla Ann Wagner Beaulieu in 1945, she was 14 when she met the then-24-year-old star during his military service in Germany.

Sofia Coppola | A princesa herdeira da Nova Hollywood | MHD
Sofia and Ford Coppola

Elvis was not too close to her, Priscilla says, and that caused great distress. She wrote in her book Elvis and Me, “He had mentioned to me before we were married that he had never been able to make love to a woman who had a child… I [was] beginning to doubt my own sexuality as a woman. My physical and emotional needs were unfulfilled.”

“We didn’t go out. He didn’t like eating in restaurants because people would take pictures of him and he didn’t want to be shot… putting a fork in his mouth. We literally lived in a bubble.”

 

 

Since the debut of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis film, his music videos have seen an increase in viewership.

Best known for providing official music videos and live performance footage online, Vevo’s data shows that Elvis’ most viewed video over the weekend was “If I Can Dream (’68 Comeback Special).” The Luhrmann film replicates the ’68 Comeback Special in great detail, and the performance is considered a standout moment. Indeed, US views of Elvis’ ’68 Comeback Special videos, such as his “Jailhouse Rock” performance, were almost five times higher during the film’s opening weekend than the previous ten weekends. (Digitalmusicnews)

 

Elvis Presley: new chart record with 12th UK Number 1 album- Almost 40 years after his untimely passing, Elvis Presley has still got the charts – and the record books – all shook up.

 

 

 

 

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