{"id":601539,"date":"2023-01-26T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T18:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/elvis-director-baz-luhrmann-inks-first-look-deal-with-warner-bros\/"},"modified":"2023-01-26T12:53:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T18:53:00","slug":"elvis-director-baz-luhrmann-inks-first-look-deal-with-warner-bros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/elvis-director-baz-luhrmann-inks-first-look-deal-with-warner-bros\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Elvis\u2019 Director Baz Luhrmann Inks First-Look Deal with Warner Bros."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tWarner Bros.<\/a> is staying in the Baz Luhrmann<\/a> business. The filmmaker has inked a first-look deal with the studio, following his work with Warners on Elvis<\/em>, which received eight Oscar nominations on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\n\tElvis<\/em> was a box office win as the rare adult drama to succeed in an era in which superheroes and horror dominate the landscape. It earned $287.3 million globally, and overcame star Tom Hanks contracting the coronavirus in the early days of the pandemic. <\/p>\n

\n\tStarring Austin Butler as the late King of Rock, the film\u2019s Oscar nominations include best picture and best actor for Butler. Luhrmann, an Australian native, is known for bringing his signature flair toto features such as William Shakespeare\u2019s Romeo + Juliet<\/em> (1996), Moulin Rouge!<\/em> (2001) and The Great Gatsby<\/em> (2013), also made for Warners. His features are known for their inventive use of music, with the soundtracks to Moulin Rouge! <\/em>and Gatsby<\/em> earning Grammy nominations. <\/p>\n

\n\tPer the deal, Luhrmann will develop and direct for Warners, but will also be allowed to direct outside projects.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBaz Luhrmann is one of the most singular filmmakers in modern cinema, and we couldn\u2019t be more excited to announce that Warner Bros. is continuing our association with him,\u201d Warner Bros. Pictures co-chairs Michael De Luca and Pamelia Abdy said. \u201cThe massive success of Elvis, which helped drive audiences of all ages and a whole new generation back to theaters, proves Baz remains ahead of the curve and at the forefront of the pop culture zeitgeist.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Warner Bros. is staying in the Baz Luhrmann business. The filmmaker has inked a first-look deal with the studio, following his work with Warners on Elvis, which received eight Oscar nominations on Tuesday. Elvis was a box office win as the rare adult drama to succeed in an era in which superheroes and horror dominate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":601540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[891,24089,534],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-601539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-director","8":"category-elvis","9":"category-financial"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}