Warner Bros. Dates Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Biopic, Pushes Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’

Warner Bros.

has unveiled a slew of new dates for its upcoming projects, according to Deadline.

Director Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune,” starring Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet, has been shifted from November 20, 2020, to December 18, 2020, to make room for another yet-to-be-announced release.

Warners has also given Baz Luhrmann’s buzzy Elvis Presley biopic a release date of October 21, 2021.The untitled Elvis film stars Austin Butler as the King of Rock and Roll.

Butler most recently appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” as a bloodthirsty member of the Charles Mason tribe.

The film will allegedly cover two decades of Elvis’ life, with Tom Hanks co-starring as his manager Colonel Tom Parker.

It’s set to begin production early next year in Queensland, Australia.Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” is the third attempt by an ambitious auteur to mount an adaptation of Frank Herbert’s landmark 1965 science-fiction novel.

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