From 24/7 News Source:
(Los Angeles, CA) -- After an extensive casting process, director Baz Lurhmann has his Elvis. Austin Butler has been tabbed to play the King of Rock in an upcoming biopic ahead of Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, and Harry Styles. The story will focus on the Mississippi-native's rise to stardom, with Tom Hanks already signed on to play Colonel Tom Parker, Presley's manager. Filming is set to begin production in Australia next year.
He's been in The Shannara Chronicles, iCarly, and he'll be in the Tarantino pic Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, out next week.