Morning Grind: Eric Bana Will Have Elvis in New Movie

Place your preferred Elvis song lyric here. (Sample: "All shook up!") Variety reviews that Eric Bana will have The King within the new indie film 'Elvis & Nixon,' concerning the 1970 meeting between Presley and Leader Richard Nixon. Danny Huston is within foretells take part in the leader for author/director Cary Elwes, who's making his behind-the-camera debut. The Elvis/Nixon summit -- and it is famous photo taking proof -- remains a cultural oddity even today the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum still will get more demands for that pic than every other Nixon still. The happy couple met in 1970 in the behest of Presley, who desired to offer his services towards the Fbi. This is the 2nd project to directly tackle the meeting: a 1997 film known as 'Elvis Meets Nixon' detailed exactly the same story. [Variety] 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game Title of Shadows' has not even emerge yet, but that does not mean you should not get excited for the following follow up. Deadline reviews Warner Bros. has hired Came Pearce to script the 3rd installment from the franchise. Pearce may be the current blockbuster-film writer flavor from the month: additionally to doing a bit of touch-ups around the Guillermo del Toro-directed 'Pacific Rim,' he's also scripting 'Iron Guy 3.' [Deadline] In the rumor mill: Twitch reviews that Gary Oldman and Helena Bonham Carter happen to be offered roles within the Warner Bros. reboot of 'Akira.' Oldman would play Colonel, with Carter handling Lady Miyako. It seems Garret Hedlund remains the leader for Kaneda. Not sure yet on if the character names can change to suit the locale switch from Neo Tokyo, japan to New Manhattan. [Twitch] When movies go TV: 'Game of Thrones' star Package Harington and 'The Killing' star Joel Kinnaman would be the top options to guide 'Arthur and Lancelot' for Warner Bros. It's unclear which actor will have which role. [THR/Warmth Vision] Academy Award-winning composer Hendes Zimmer won't go into the Oscar race this season. Zimmer -- who authored the scores for 'Rango,' 'Kung Fu Panda 2,' 'Pirates from the Caribbean: On Stranger Tide' and also the approaching 'Sherlock Holmes follow up, that they received an Oscar nomination for following the first film -- stated he wants to see the process this season. "The moment you receive nominated, and that i don't care what you are - you will find certainly people of better character than me - everything goes crazy," he stated to THR. "You receive the telephone call at five o'clock and after you need to perform the interviews after which perform the parties and meet each one of these people and do each one of these things. It's troublesome, and i believe it might be more interesting to see it for any year. It will worry me that we must stay relevant. Occasions are altering, very quickly. Usually things i do when situations are altering quickly is stand still and observe." Zimmer is presently focusing on his score for 'The Dark Dark night Increases.' [THR] What's going on with 'The Dark Tower'? A great deal, based on producer John Grazer. "We found a method to eliminate $45 million from the budget without altering the scope and really passing on a great ending," Grazer stated to indieWIRE. "Within the $140 million draft, the ending wasn't as satisfying. Now, we have got $45 million, $50 million taken care of along with a really satisfying ending. It's gonna get made." The variation of Stephen King's epic hit many a financial snag captured prior to being came by Universal. Ron Howard would still most probably direct if the ever will get off the floor, though whether star Javier Bardem would still appear -- and if the story could be told over three films and 2 television series, as initially planned -- remains to appear. [indieWIRE/The Playlist] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED