After directing Austin Butler in 2022’s Elvis, Baz Luhrmann dove into 68 boxes of film negative buried deep inside Warner Bros’ salt mines.
Much like Peter Jackson making The Beatles: Get Back with access to hours of unseen Fab Four footage from their Let It Be sessions, Baz has done the same with that of 1970s concert movies Elvis: That’s The Way It Is and Elvis on Tour.
Joining forces with Jonathan Redmond, his Oscar-nominated Elvis movie editor, the pair have put together a 100 minute film that’s somewhere between a documentary and a concert movie, narrated by the King himself.
Having screened at the Toronto International Film Festival to rave reviews, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert is finally getting a wide cinematic release.
Baz has announced this week that Universal Pictures International will release his second Elvis Presley film internationally in 2026.
The filmmaker told Variety: “From the first day my editor, Jonathan Redmond, and I encountered this rare and never-before-seen footage of Elvis almost 8 years ago, it has been our mission that Elvis should finally fulfil his unrealised dream to tour around the world. Along with our incredible partners at Authentic Studios and Sony Music Vision, we created an experience that is not just a documentary and not just a concert film; it’s EPiC.’ Now, I could not be more thrilled that our passion is matched by Neon and Universal, who will ensure this film will be seen from local cinemas in small towns, to the biggest screens in the biggest cities in the world. I personally can’t wait to TCB (Elvis’s motto: ‘taking care of business’) and take this show on the road.”
