Tuesday, June 18, 2019

June 18 - Wanna Be King

Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann has been tapped to direct the flick, and Toy Story 4 star Tom Hanks will play the Heartbreak Hotel hitmaker’s longtime manager Colonel Tom Parker in the movie. Further details for the film have yet to be announced.

Appearing on Australian morning talk show Studio 10 on Tuesday, 37-year-old Adam Lambert threw his name into the hat, and confirmed he’s interested in the role following the success of recent musical biopics "Rocketman" and "Bohemian Rhapsody", based on the lives of Elton John and Queen frontman Freddie Mercury respectively.

“I hear that there’s an Elvis one in the works,” Adam said at the prospect of playing the King of Rock and Roll. “I have been compared to him quite a bit. I got to do this tribute thing that has a recreation of his comeback special.”

“I got the lip, the lip goes up,” he said, going on to imitate Elvis’ thick southern accent. The "Whataya Want From Me" hitmaker then turned to the camera and smiled: “Audition me, come on.”

(Source: World Entertainment News Network)