The Importance Of Being Elvis Project On Hold
February 03, 2008 | Other
Stephen Frears' movie 'The Importance of Being Elvis' put On Hold: Back in 2004 Oscar-Wining director Stephen Frears ('The Queen', 'Hi-Fidelity', 'Mrs Henderson Presents') talked of making a new comedy-drama 'The Importance of Being Elvis'. The reported premise of 'The Importance of Being Elvis' was about a man who assumes Elvis' identity while the singer was serving in the U.S. Army during the late 1950s. Elvis loses his golden singing voice after being shot in the throat. An impersonator named Brian is then tapped by Elvis' shady manager, Col. Tom Parker, and the U.S. government to take over for The King. Stephen Frears was to direct with the screenplay by Christopher Bradshaw & Roger Payne. Stephen Frears' representative told the E.I.N. this week that Frears is no longer involved with his Elvis project but will let E.I.N. know if anything changes.
Source:Elvis Information Network
Greg Nolan wrote on
February 04, 2008
And who is the financial backer for this movie, Jann Wenner of ROLLING STONE magazine?Sheesh! Good riddence to this stereotypical take on his "failed" post-army career, as put forth by too many rock fans - never mind the annoyingly derivative title. Perhaps EPE helped put a kibosh on the project. "Stinks, stank, stunk!"