- ELVIS & NIXON
K5 International has announced that it has taken
international rights to Benaroya Pictures' upcoming project Elvis & Nixon.
The comedy will mark Cary Elwes' directorial debut and stars Eric Bana as Elvis
Presley and Danny Huston as Richard Nixon.
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| Eric Bana Elvis Presley |
The film will tell the story of Elvis Presley visiting
President Richard M. Nixon at the White House in December of 1970. The meeting
was initiated by Presley, who wrote Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit
and suggesting that he be made a 'Federal Agent-at-Large' in the Bureau of
Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Presley brought with him family photos and a
Colt 45 pistol as a personal gift to the President.
Elwes himself wrote the screenplay with Joey Sagal and
Hanala Sagal and the plan is begin principal photography shortly in Shreveport
and Los Angeles.
Elvis & Nixon is produced by Michael Benaroya of
Benaroya Pictures and Holly Wiersma. Bana's Pick Up Truck Productions is
executive producing, marking the company's first U.S. production.
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