Tom Hanks might have his next biopic lined up. The 62-year-old Oscar winner is in talks to portray Elvis Presley’s iconic manager Colonel Tom Parker, in Baz Luhrmann’s new biopic on the singer for Warner bros., according to “Variety”.
Luhrmann, 56, has previously directed “The Great Gatsby”, “Romeo + Juliet”, “Moulin Rouge!”‘ “Australia”
The story of Parker is largely defined by successful partnership with Presley, whom he discovered in early 1955. Parker, who died in 1997 at at 87, went on to win Presley a recording contract with RCA Victor recording label, and made him a star with his first single “Heartbreak Hotel”