Watch the teaser trailer for new Presley documentary from Elvis filmmaker

23 January 2025, 11:16 | Updated: 23 January 2025, 11:26

Elvis Presley documentary teaser trailer: TCB

By Mayer Nissim

Baz Luhrmann has a very special project planned after his Elvis biopic.

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Baz Luhrmann's 2022 Elvis Presley movie Elvis was a commercial smash and also scooped up a number of top award nominations, and he's now going to follow it up with another special project about The King.

The director has said that he is in the middle of making the film, which will make extensive use of previously unseen video and audio footage of Elvis.

The trailer for the as-yet unnamed project shows a montage of Presley in action ending with a logo based on his TCB (Taking Care of Business) ring.

"There has always been talk amongst Elvis's fans, both longtime fans and newer fans brought in by our film Elvis, of missing reels and never-before-seen concert footage," Luhrmann told Deadline.

"During the making of Elvis, from very early on in my process I had the privilege to access the studio’s vaults deep in the salt mines of Kansas, where troves of old film negatives are stored.

Elvis Presley at Nassau Coliseum. Picture: Getty Images

"We were astonished by the sheer volume of unused footage from Elvis: That’s the Way It Is, the film of Elvis's legendary 1970 Summer Festival in Las Vegas – all shot on anamorphic 35mm – and also from Elvis's road concert film from two years later, Elvis on Tour."

He added: "Equally exciting was that we found not only picture that has never been seen at this quality but also rare behind-the-scenes audio that had been feared lost, especially some fascinating recordings of Elvis telling stories from his own life in his own words.

"We're still very much in the middle of creating this work, but there has been so much talk and such enthusiasm for this, that I felt now it was time to share what has been happening with it.

Watch the trailer for Elvis

"I can't say much more about it, except that I wouldn't call it a documentary, or a concert film; our aim here is to make something new in the Elvis canon."

Baz will be working with Bazmark and Authentic Studios for the film which will be distributed by Sony Music Vision, in partnership with Legacy Recordings.

He has pledged to "bring something to the screen that befits the magnitude of Elvis as a performer but also offers deeper revelations of his humanity and inner life".