New Elvis film by Lisa Marie

[King Of The Whole World]

She says in the article that she WILL be making a proper movie for Elvis. She does not like the ones that have been done all these years. Maybe with her doing it, we might have a good Elvis movie for the first time.

She said it will be like the "Walk the line" type movie, which should be great. I wonder who she will get to play all the roles, mainly Elvis?

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jkRxf_1yqgRAAZa5GGWJEV56Hs-w?docId=4573a824b81f4009a29b62cf412b6cbd

[debtdbruno]

that would be great if she put her efforts into this.......there's nobody going to be able to do it as much justice as her.....

there's still the problem of finding the 'right Elvis' though.......

[Jeanine]

I only hope she follows through and does this movie. Would help make things much better ,IMO. :D

[Diane]

I hope she follows through with it too. It's also my feeling that it may our only hope to see a "real" honest Elvis movie.

[Jungleroom76]

I hope she follows through with it too. It's also my feeling that it may our only hope to see a "real" honest Elvis movie.

Couldn't have said it better myself Diane!!! :clap:

Of course the question then becomes...who can they get to portray Elvis in the same caliber performance as Joaquin Phoenix did with Johnny Cash in WALK THE LINE??? :hmm:

TCB!
Mike

[elvislina]

Thats good :D i am sure she made it perfect

[Lonniebealestreet]

Well, it sounds like she really wants to get it right...and she's probably not going to rush it...and considering how picky she of all people would (and should) be about who is chosen to portray her father...

Maybe, just maybe, she'll wait another couple years until a certain someone is an even better match...

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Maybe she'll have reservations about having her son do certain things onscreen which might be hard enough to watch if it's someone portraying her father and even more so if it's her son doing them. And maybe Ben wants nothing to do with acting or isn't much of an actor or Lisa doesn't want it for him BUT if she/he got over those things, imagine the buzz that would surround this movie if Elvis' grandson, who looks unmistakably like him, was set to play him.

I betcha it's crossed her mind.

I got the pic incidentally from this video, in case you missed it in the other thread: http://www.hulu.com/watch/325249/abc-good-morning-america-lisa-marie-presleys-new-graceland-exhibit

[Diane]

It's getting complicated isn't it? But I can see Ben playing Elvis in the 50's with Lisa behind him but not in the 70's. If she does go ahead with this movie it will be tough to find an older Elvis that can actually move as he did and I mean just walking as well as dancing.

[King Of The Whole World]

My guess is she will go with a ETA, since the estate is more involved with some of the tribute shows. I guess we will have to wait and see. I feel confident if she does go ahead with a movie it will be done right for a change.

I use to like the tv mini series that came on years ago and the estate was in charge of that. The movie with Kurt Russell was pretty good and the estate was somewhat involved with that too.

[Nicole Presley]

I hope she´ll make the movie soon. I´m sure it will be the best Elvis movie ever. I know who can play Lisa Marie when she was little: Finley.

[dennyelvis]

If she does, she should use Bouke for the vocals, he has a fresh Elvis sound and can cover all the eras, check out his vocals with Glen.D on piano ........

http://www.legaldownload.net/Bouke+9174

For the good times cd, just click on it ..........

[King Of The Whole World]

If she does, she should use Bouke for the vocals, he has a fresh Elvis sound and can cover all the eras, check out his vocals with Glen.D on piano ........

http://www.legaldownload.net/Bouke+9174

For the good times cd, just click on it ..........

This guy doesnt sound to bad. I just think it would make a better movie if the person playing the part as Elvis can also do the vocals. Thats how the movie "Walk the line" was.

[Albert]

With great Hollywood cinema movies about Johnny Cash, Ike & Tina Turner, Ray Charles and even Marilyn Monroe, it's about time a high budget, artistic and proper movie is being made about our man. Even Jerry Lee Lewis had his movie (even though not up to notch with the aforementioned movies).

It should divided into two movies (based on both books from Guralnick). One from 1952-1960 and another from 1969-1977. They can skip the movie era.

Lisa shouldn't be involved though. She has nothing to add to the story. There are hundreds of fans knowing more than Lisa and Priscilla combined. People like Red West, Joe Esposito, Ann Margret and Linda Thompson should only be used as consultants, not sources (preventing the movie to become another "the story of Elvis" stories)

[LaurieT]

I'd like to see a bit more of the younger years. It seems like that is kind of glossed over. And there is sooo much more about his life in Tupelo/and early years in Memphis growing up that I think effected the rest of his life. It would have to have honest portrayal however to make sense.

[King Of The Whole World]

sorry but am I the only one that was not impressed with "Walk The Line"? I was more impressed with "Walk Hard" The Story of Dewey Cox"
It was a very sterotype storyline in movies about musicians. Just like the formula "VH1 Behind the Music" used over and over.

Make it new, Make it fresh, Make it interesting and make it start new trends for others to copy not Elvis to copy "Walk the line"
Sorry but "Walk The Line" was very predictable as a movie about a musician. Elvis deserves better than that.

I know what you mean but Walk Hard was a joke of a movie. Elvis has had enough joke movies over the years. He needs a serious movie made about him with good convincing actors as our man. Walk the line was a quality movie made about Johnny Cash. I would bet there were people that saw the movie that were not Johnny Cash fans and left the movie and went out and bought some of his cd's. The movie came across as a serious movie about a legend.

[King Of The Whole World]

With great Hollywood cinema movies about Johnny Cash, Ike & Tina Turner, Ray Charles and even Marilyn Monroe, it's about time a high budget, artistic and proper movie is being made about our man. Even Jerry Lee Lewis had his movie (even though not up to notch with the aforementioned movies).

It should divided into two movies (based on both books from Guralnick). One from 1952-1960 and another from 1969-1977. They can skip the movie era.

Lisa shouldn't be involved though. She has nothing to add to the story. There are hundreds of fans knowing more than Lisa and Priscilla combined. People like Red West, Joe Esposito, Ann Margret and Linda Thompson should only be used as consultants, not sources (preventing the movie to become another "the story of Elvis" stories)

I understand what you mean as consultants but I think Lisa wouldn’t let the Hollywood producers take the overweight, drugs, ect persona of Elvis kill what could be a great movie. She will protect the image and focus on the good parts of Elvis, not that I think she shouldn’t touch on certain parts of Elvis' life. But let 90% of the movie be on the best voice ever, good looking, funny, COOL and humanitarian side of Elvis.

If the movie is produced correctly it could create a different image in the public of Elvis and bring in even more new fans.

[Jungleroom76]

I'd like to see a bit more of the younger years. It seems like that is kind of glossed over. And there is sooo much more about his life in Tupelo/and early years in Memphis growing up that I think effected the rest of his life. It would have to have honest portrayal however to make sense.

Excellent point Laurie!! (y)

Obviously, no periods of Elvis' career should be glossed over if the "end-all-be-all" feature film of Elvis is going to be made, but you're so right...let's focus a little more on what events in his younger years really formed Elvis, not only musically but personally as well. Too often, the focus is on the last few years of his life. While obviously that is an important part of the Elvis story, I really think the early years don't get covered well enough. Something similar to what the ELVIS TV SERIES a few years ago tried to do...really focus on the early, growing years of both Elvis' life and his career. :hmm:

TCB!
Mike

[Unchained Melody]

Really hope we see one that would be very nice, just dont know about the idea of her son starring as Elvis..that would be a bit...wierd..but could work out perhaps.

[vivaelvis]

Really hope we see one that would be very nice, just dont know about the idea of her son starring as Elvis..that would be a bit...wierd..but could work out perhaps.

I don't know if what Lisa was referring to is Last Train to Memphis or not, but Jerry Schilling was on Sirius on Friday afternoon and said it's in production and that a comedy surrounding his meeting with Nixon was supposed to began filming last week in Louisiana but has been moved back.

[dennyelvis]

I loved the way in WALK THE LINE they featured his days on the road touring and seeing the other up and coming stars on tour too, Elvis was portrayed quite well too, we need a film like that , that gets into his real roots of his life, his struggle,breakthru, and meteoric rise, with perhaps less time on the glitz and more grit ........

[King Of The Whole World]

I'm sorry, I didn't mean I wanted to see another "Mocumentary" like "Elvis Meets Nixon". I was just saying me personally, I enjoyed "Walk Hard" more that "Walk The Line".
I'm not impressed by over the top the productions that hypnotize people into thinking a movie was great, like the hype over "Inception"..sorry but I just did not like it at all. On the other hand "The Aviator", was in my opinion one of the best movies ever made. This is just my opinion and I'm not knocking how the movie spoke to other people but Good production (lots of money invested in it),and Great Acting is what "Walk The Line" had but I felt like the storyline would have been better after all the hype. At the same time Johnny Cash does seem like a quiet down to earth kind of guy so maybe they were trying to bring that out. Elvis seemed more animated & adventurous with his life.
I agree with you that Elvis deserves top of the line. Does anyone know what movie so far was the highest budget?
Was it that other comedy movie that put down Elvis' 70 act "Heartbreak Hotel" with Tuesday Welds?

Ok, I see what you mean. I did not like Inception either. Have you seen Shutter Island? I thought it was great.

I remember the movie Heartbreak Hotel, makes me laugh thinking about it.

I would guess the highest budget might have been Elvis and Me.

[King Of The Whole World]

I loved the way in WALK THE LINE they featured his days on the road touring and seeing the other up and coming stars on tour too, Elvis was portrayed quite well too, we need a film like that , that gets into his real roots of his life, his struggle,breakthru, and meteoric rise, with perhaps less time on the glitz and more grit ........

The only thing I didn't like in the movie was when they were trying to get Cash to take the uppers and they said Elvis takes them. As we all know Elvis didn't do the uppers and downers until the army.

[debtdbruno]

he did 'uppers' in the 50's.....he pinched his Mum's diet pills when they were on the road to keep awake.......

[King Of The Whole World]

he did 'uppers' in the 50's.....he pinched his Mum's diet pills when they were on the road to keep awake.......

I did not know that, I have always heard he started in the army to stay awake.

[debtdbruno]

he was given them in the army.

I think it was Guranick's book?.. that said he took them in the 50's

[hounddog]

yeah I've read about him knicking his Mum's pills in the 50's. Maybe they should also use some of the referances Bill Burk has in his excellent books. It was very nice to read that Elvis didn't need "protecting" in high school and that he was a very normal teenager who played ball, dated girls etc. The book the Tupelo and Humes years by Bill Burk are two of the better Elvis books I've read.

[LaurieT]

I don't know, do you think Lisa could produce an objective movie?? Especially one portraying her parents relationship. I've always had the idea that Priscilla is a bit over-bearing. Would it just be another movie by her mom??

[debtdbruno]

yeah I've read about him knicking his Mum's pills in the 50's. Maybe they should also use some of the referances Bill Burk has in his excellent books. It was very nice to read that Elvis didn't need "protecting" in high school and that he was a very normal teenager who played ball, dated girls etc. The book the Tupelo and Humes years by Bill Burk are two of the better Elvis books I've read.


I fancy getting the trilogy of these books......theyre a bit pricey though......

[King Of The Whole World]

Yeah, I loved "Shutter Island" it was very well done. Reminded me of the old great movies that kept you in suspense till the very end.

Off the topic here but: did you catch the line when his so called partner said Leo's name that they try to tell him he made up?
I walked out of the theater like "wow" there's no way I'm going to watch that movie anytime soon. Cause at some points it really takes you in and even drives the viewer to the point of insanity...lol

I thought I liked "Heartbreak Hotel" when it came out but when I saw it again last year. I was disappointed in the way they kept putting down how Elvis looked and His stage performance in the 70s. Expressing what teenagers thought of Elvis in the 70s in one thing and it's expected. It's called "a Generation Gap", Even though I was too young I remember my older cousins, not necessarily buying Elvis records but having a great deal of respect for Elvis and his voice. In reality if that movie was to really happen, the teens of the 70s would have called Elvis old fashion. Sorry but in my opinion I like what Priscilla did by promoting the younger Elvis but they went too far with that movie plot.

Really? "Elvis & Me" was the highest budget? We're talking about the man that changed music forever. That actor didn't even looked or acted like him.

I do not remember that line because it’s been a while since I saw it. I need to watch it again. It did about drive you insane for sure.

Heartbreak Hotel, I saw that as a kid. I did see it again about a year or so ago; I did not like that part either how they were acting like Elvis was a joke in the 70's. Elvis was the only person who could pull off the Aloha from Hawaii show in 73 and even today’s stars couldn’t do that.

I don't know about the budget on Elvis and Me that was just the first movie to come to mind. It might be the movie Elvis with Kurt Russell, that was a good movie, plus you got to see upstairs at Graceland.

[King Of The Whole World]

Maybe "This is Elvis" or "Heartbreak Hotel" were the biggest production films. You're right about only Elvis pulling off the jumpsuits & some songs he picked to perform live.
But yeah in Shutter Island when his "partner" who's in on the whole mind controlling experiment naturally says his real name, "Teddy" not, Andrew, it's a dead give away to Teddy being the real person, "The Good Man" not the "Monster". So he chose to die a good man.

here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvQXi6duxRs&feature=related

Thanks for posting that, I forgot that part. I need to watch this movie again.