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Actor Jacob Elordi has been cast as Elvis Presley in the upcoming Sofia Coppola film "Priscilla," and is slated to star alongside Cailee Spaeny, who will play Priscilla Presley. "Priscilla" will be based on Priscilla Presley's 1985 memoir, "Elvis & Me." (Getty Images) Based on Priscilla's 1985 memoir "Elvis & Me," the film will recount her personal life with Elvis.The book went on to become both an international success and "New York Times" bestseller. Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley were married from 1967 to 1973.

Elvis, the biopic featuring a star-making performance from in the titular role, reports that Jacob Elordi has been cast as the King in a new biopic about Elvis's wife, Priscilla Presley. Cailee Spaeny will play the lead in Priscilla, the forthcoming Sofia Coppola-directed film, which will begin filming in Toronto this fall.Elordi celebrated the casting news by posting a photo of Elvis wearing his military uniform in the snow, writing in the caption simply, “E." This content can also be viewed on the site it from.A24's Priscilla, based on the 77-year-old's 1985 memoir Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock n’ Roll, comes on the heels of Baz Luhrmann's Elvis, which garnered rave reviews for Butler's uncanny performance as the legendary crooner.

Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny are about to take on iconic roles. The actors have been cast to play Elvis and Priscilla Presley, respectively, in Sofia Coppola's upcoming film, , ET confirms.Based on Priscilla's 1985 memoir, , which provided an intimate account of Priscilla's life with Elvis, Coppola wrote the script and is set to direct the film, which will begin shooting in Toronto this fall.Elvis and Priscilla wed in 1967 and had one child, Lisa Marie Presley.

Earlier this year, we got Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” biopic, which gave audiences a musical drama filled with elaborate style and all the glitz and glam you might expect from the story of the King of Rock and Roll.

Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny are set to star in the newest Elvis and Priscilla Presley focused movie, titled Priscilla.

Sofia Coppola has set her sights on her next film as the Oscar-winner is set to direct the feature film Priscilla, which is based on the memoir Elvis and Me by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley with Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi set to play Priscilla and Elvis Presley. Published in 1985, Presley’s intimate account of her life with Elvis became a New York Times Bestseller and an international sensation. Coppola adapted the script as well.

Elvis Presley fans celebrated Elvis Week and marked the 45th anniversary of the star's death, celebrating his short 42 years on Earth. Aside from his outstanding talent and good looks, another great quality of The King's was how he so lavishly shared his wealth. Elvis would regularly give large sums of money to charity and would bless his Memphis Mafia and staff with Christmas bonuses, cars and other gifts.

Elvis Presley's death kicked off celebrations of Elvis Week earlier this month. The King of Rock and Roll was found dead at his home, Graceland, on August 16, 1977. Despite being dead for almost half a century, his music is still adored to this day by his fans - old and new.

Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977 after suffering a fatal heart attack on the toilet upstairs at Graceland when he was just 42. More than his entire lifetime has passed since then, but his nearest and dearest haven't forgotten the star they knew so intimately. For 20 years, Elvis lived with his extended family at his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee.

Priscilla Presley has been an unshakeable part of the making of “Elvis.” Priscilla was the wife of Elvis Presley and is currently in charge of keeping Presley’s legacy alive. In an interview wiht the Today Show she discussed the surreal experience of watching the film and praises the work of director Baz Luhrman, who managed to leave her speechless.

Priscilla Presley and Memphis Mafia Member Jerry Schilling gave interviews at Graceland's Elvis Week 2022. The lifelong friends shared their love of Baz Luhrmann's biopic and were asked about how the depiction of Elvis Presley's marriage and divorce in the film may help fans to see the relationship in a new light. In one of the Elvis movie's final scenes, set in late 1974, The King and Priscilla shared an intimate conversation in the car, two years since they first separated.

the “Today” show that she found it hard to watch the unfolding of Presley’s relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.She also said seeing how the singer wanted — but ultimately failed — to take his career beyond music and into “serious” film work was a bitter pill to swallow.“He wanted to do movies, serious movies, and Colonel Parker probably should have stayed a publicist,” she told the outlet. “He didn’t take Elvis where he wanted to be, and that was hard because I lived it.“I lived the arguments that they had, I lived Elvis trying to explain he didn’t want to do the movies with all the girls and the beaches and everything, that he really wanted to do serious things,” she continued.“So living that, with him, and watching the movie, it brought back a lot of memories.”Presley has sung her praises for the film, officially giving her stamp of approval in April.In a Facebook post that month, the “Naked Gun” actress said she saw the movie with her late ex-husband’s longtime pal Jerry Schilling and was impressed by Austin Butler taking on the titular role.“The story is about Elvis and Colonel Parker’s relationship,” Presley wrote.

Today marks 45 years since music icon Elvis Presley died, and Priscilla Presley is sharing brand-new details about The King. Presley's ex-wife dropped a bombshell about something he did not love doing during his career: the classic Elvis beach movies.