John Scheinfeld ("The U.S. vs. John Lennon") will direct Rlf Victor Productions' "Fame & Fortune", an adaptation of the 2007 biography "Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business" penned by former Presley bodyguard Sonny West and biographer Marshall Terrill says The Hollywood Reporter.
Though he starred in 27 movies, his life story has never been the subject of a theatrical biopic, though his life has been portrayed in documentaries and telefilms. Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Kurt Russell previously played Presley in two such small screen projects.
Cindy Friedlander, Michael Schlau and West penned the script. Casting begins late fall with a 2012 theatrical release planned to coincide with the 35th anniversary of Presley's death.
Though he starred in 27 movies, his life story has never been the subject of a theatrical biopic, though his life has been portrayed in documentaries and telefilms. Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Kurt Russell previously played Presley in two such small screen projects.
Cindy Friedlander, Michael Schlau and West penned the script. Casting begins late fall with a 2012 theatrical release planned to coincide with the 35th anniversary of Presley's death.
- 9/7/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Rlf Victor Productions report they are producing a feature adaptation of the 2007 best-seller "Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business", that was co-written by Elvis' close friend and bodyguard Sonny West, with biographer Marshall Terrill.
John Scheinfeld ("The U.S. vs. John Lennon") will direct.
With his brother 'Red', Sonny West was a member of Elvis' core group of friends and associates.
"John Scheinfeld is the premier director of popular culture bios on music icons," said Ricki Landers Friedlander, Chairman and CEO of Rlf Victor Productions. "Elvis Presley and Sonny West's story, which requires great sensitivity and understanding, couldn't be in more capable hands."
Producers are planning for a 2012 release.
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John Scheinfeld ("The U.S. vs. John Lennon") will direct.
With his brother 'Red', Sonny West was a member of Elvis' core group of friends and associates.
"John Scheinfeld is the premier director of popular culture bios on music icons," said Ricki Landers Friedlander, Chairman and CEO of Rlf Victor Productions. "Elvis Presley and Sonny West's story, which requires great sensitivity and understanding, couldn't be in more capable hands."
Producers are planning for a 2012 release.
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- 9/7/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Despite being one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, Elvis Presley hasn’t had a lot of films made about his life. The example that immediately springs to mind is Elvis, which starred Kurt Russell and was directed by John Carpenter — but even that was a made-for-tv movie. True Romance is another example, but that’s also minor; he appears out of focus, and is onscreen for only about a minute. But this anomaly will come to an end soon, with THR learning that John Scheinfeld will direct a biopic of the singer, titled Fame & Fortune.
The most important announcement — that is, who will be playing the icon — hasn’t been made yet, but that should come soon; casting will start in the fall, and it’s being lined up for a release in 2012 by Rlf Victor Productions. There’s a significance to the year: It coincides with...
The most important announcement — that is, who will be playing the icon — hasn’t been made yet, but that should come soon; casting will start in the fall, and it’s being lined up for a release in 2012 by Rlf Victor Productions. There’s a significance to the year: It coincides with...
- 9/7/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Less than a month after the 34th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley comes the announcement that The King will finally get his big screen biopic. The Hollywood Reporter published a story naming John Scheinfeld as director for Fame & Fortune, based on the 2007 biography Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business by former Elvis bodyguard Sonny West and biographer Marshall Terrill. The film is aiming for a 2012 release, effectively then the 35th anniversary of the singer.s death. Scheinfeld has previously written and directed The U.S. vs. John Lennon and Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin. About Him?). It is confounding as to why it has taken this long for a biopic about Elvis to make it to theaters. I.ve seen a slew of the TV movies, including John Carpenter.s Elvis, but I.m looking forward to The King.s life getting the same ...
- 9/6/2011
- cinemablend.com
It was more than 39 years ago when Elvis Presley ushered him into the Oval Office to meet President Nixon, but it seems like only yesterday to Sonny West as he thinks about what might have been if the King was still around to celebrate his 75th birthday on Jan. 8. "I was asleep at Graceland at seven in the morning when Elvis called and told me to get up to Washington right away because we were going to the White House to meet the president," said West, a Presley bodyguard who was living at Presley's estate in Memphis when he received the call on Dec. 21, 1970. West relived the memory of one of the most unlikely events in the history of the White House in a telephone interview Monday from his home in Nashville. In fact, the photograph of...
- 1/6/2010
- by Al Eisele
- Huffington Post
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