Tom Hanks Returns To Australia To Continue Filming on Elvis Presley Biopic

Tom Hanks put in his own money to finance some of the parts of Forrest Gump.

Tom Hanks dug into his own pocket to help “Forrest Gump” get made.

Forrest Gump out of his own pocket.In an interview with In Depth with Graham Bensinger, the actor opened up about difficulties faced while shooting the 1994 film.Discussing the pivotal scene in which Hanks’ titular character runs across the country, the actor revealed it was too expensive and that director Robert Zemeckis asked him for help.“And he said, ‘Well, this run is going to cost X amount of dollars.’ And it wasn’t cheap. And I said, ‘OK’.

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Director Baz Luhrmann has announced several prominent Australian stars will join the cast of his Elvis Presley biopic.

Tom Hanks is headed back to Australia, six months after he tested positive for COVID-19. The 64-year-old actor, as well as the cast and crew of the upcoming Elvis Presley biopic, are returning to Queensland to resume production at the end of this month.Principal photography will begin on Sept.

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

Baz Luhrmann‘s upcoming biopic about Elvis Presley is kicking up production once again, as Tom Hanks returns to Australia. Production on the film was cut short earlier this year when the 64-year-old actor was one of the first notable people to test positive for COVID-19 coronavirus along with his wife, Rita Wilson while waiting to start filming in the country. Variety reports that production will start back up on September 23 in Queensland.

Elvis Presley biopic is set to resume filming in Australia later this month after production was shut down back in March due to the coronavirus outbreak.The Romeo + Juliet and The Great Gatsby director’s latest project, titled Elvis, delves into the dynamic between Presley (played by Austin Butler) and his manager Colonel Tom Parker, who is being played by Tom Hanks.However, production on the movie was halted back in March after Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson tested positive for

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefDirector, Baz Luhrmann has confirmed that production will restart imminently on his untitled Elvis Presley movie. Tom Hanks, the film’s co-star has already returned to Australia, where he previously contracted COVID-19.Production in Queensland will start from Sept.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorBaz Luhrmann’s Warner Bros. Elvis movie is back on track, and will resume filming on Sept.

Tom Hanks traveled to Australia for the first time since contracting COVID-19 there in March — and he is seemingly getting special treatment when it comes to the country’s quarantining policy.

Tom Hanks has returned to Australia to resume filming for Elvis Presley's biopic, months after the shooting was halted when he and wife Rita Wilson were diagnosed with COVID-19 illness.Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson famously became the first high-profile celebrities to be tested positive for novel coronavirus in March. The couple contracted the virus when they were in Queensland, Australia, for the filming of Baz Luhrmann's upcoming biopic on Elvis Presley, in which Hanks plays Col.

Back in March, Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson made headlines for being among the first major celebrities to test positive for COVID-19.

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