Baz Luhrmann ‘excited’ to return to work on Tom Hanks’ Elvis biopic after Covid-19 shutdown
Baz Luhrmann is looking forward to “taking care of business” on his Elvis Presley biopic after Tom Hanks emerges from his two-week quarantine in Australia.Work on the project ground to a halt earlier this year (2020) when Hanks, who will play Elvis’ manager Colonel Tom Parker in the film, and his actress wife Rita Wilson fell ill with the coronavirus.Hanks was spotted arriving Down Under again earlier this month (September 2020), and now director Luhrmann has confirmed in a statement to Variety that they are gearing up to restart work on the film.“We’re back to, as Elvis liked to say, ‘taking care of business!’ ” he said.