The first trailer for ‘Priscilla’ has arrived – here’s everything we know about Sofia Coppola’s new film
A year or so after Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, we are getting our first look at Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley biopic Priscilla, which Coppola wrote and directed and is forthcoming from A24. While not much time has passed since Luhrmann’s story, we’re getting our first peek at Coppola’s take on the American musical tragedy, one that centres Priscilla.
A poster was released on Tuesday (June 20th) and a trailer today (June 21st), offering a first look at the film. The poster shows co-stars Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny in an embrace, about to kiss. A24 posted the image on Instagram, promising the first trailer will be released on Wednesday.
The trailer is 45 seconds, showing snapshots of Priscilla’s aesthetic we’ve become so familiar with. We see Priscilla apply makeup and shots of her and Elvis’ early days in love, their marriage, and eventually we see her carrying a baby, Lisa Marie.
Coppola has wanted to make the film “for some time,” according to Deadline, and the project started filming in Toronto in the fall. It is based off Priscilla Presley’s 1985 New York Times bestselling memoir, Elvis and Me.
“Priscilla is the real focus of it,” Coppola told Vogue. “There are some aspects of Elvis’s career included but it all sort of plays out in the background of their relationship and her developing her identity. I loved how Baz [Luhrmann] approached his story in a very collage-y way, but I’m glad it didn’t go into much of Priscilla’s story because now I can really dive deep.”
The film stars Spaeny, of Mare of Easttown and The First Lady, who, according to Deadline, “has been [the director’s] top choice from day one for the role of Priscilla.” Elordi will play Elvis, which means it’s finally time for Austin Butler to drop that accent.
Priscilla also stars child actors Raine Monroe Boland and Emily Mitchell as Lisa Marie Presley at different ages, as well as Succession’s Dagmara Domińczyk, Jorja Cadence, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll, Luke Humphrey, and more. There is no release date announced as of yet.
