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TOM HANKS RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA TO CONTINUE SHOOTING ELVIS BIOPIC
Friday, 11 September 2020
The Elvis Presley biopic by Luhrmann resumes production once again, as Tom Hanks returns to Australia for filming.
Earlier this year, production for the movie was stopped when the 64-year-old actor was one of the first notable people to test positive for COVID-19 alongside his wife, Rita Wilson while waiting to start shooting in the country.
Reports state that production will commence again on September 23 in Queensland.
“We’re back to, as Elvis liked to say, ‘taking care of business!’ It is a real honor in this unprecedented global moment that Tom Hanks has been able to come back to Australia to join Austin Butler and all of our extraordinary cast and crew to commence production on Elvis,” Baz shared in a statement about the movie’s status.
“I cannot emphasize enough how lucky we feel in the current climate that the state of Queensland, and Queenslanders in general, have been so supportive of this film. We thank our partners in the Queensland Government and Queensland Health for their extremely diligent process so that we can be an example of how creativity and productivity can proceed safely and responsibly in a way that protects our team and the community at large. We are all excited to start working with Tom Hanks when he is out of quarantine in two weeks.”
Tom was the only known case to catch the virus from the production which subsequently resulted in the filming halted as the infectious agent spread into a pandemic.
Earlier this year, production for the movie was stopped when the 64-year-old actor was one of the first notable people to test positive for COVID-19 alongside his wife, Rita Wilson while waiting to start shooting in the country.
Reports state that production will commence again on September 23 in Queensland.
“We’re back to, as Elvis liked to say, ‘taking care of business!’ It is a real honor in this unprecedented global moment that Tom Hanks has been able to come back to Australia to join Austin Butler and all of our extraordinary cast and crew to commence production on Elvis,” Baz shared in a statement about the movie’s status.
“I cannot emphasize enough how lucky we feel in the current climate that the state of Queensland, and Queenslanders in general, have been so supportive of this film. We thank our partners in the Queensland Government and Queensland Health for their extremely diligent process so that we can be an example of how creativity and productivity can proceed safely and responsibly in a way that protects our team and the community at large. We are all excited to start working with Tom Hanks when he is out of quarantine in two weeks.”
Tom was the only known case to catch the virus from the production which subsequently resulted in the filming halted as the infectious agent spread into a pandemic.