E-commerce company Amazon is acquiring domestic rights to Kevin Spacey-starrer Elvis & Nixon.READ: X-Men`s` Evan Peters joins cast of `Elvis And Nixon` It will team with Bleecker Street to release the film theatrically.
Michael Shannon co-stars in the Liza Johnson-helmed film, marking the director's follow-up to the Kristen Wiig-starrer
Hateship Loveship, said The Hollywood Reporter.
The film, a re-creation of the real-life meeting at the White House between
Elvis Presley (Shannon) and President Richard Nixon (Spacey), was written by Joey Sagal, Hanala Sagal and Cary Elwes.
Alex Pettyfer,
Colin Hanks and
Johnny Knoxville co-star in
Elvis & Nixon, which began filming in January in Louisiana and Los Angeles.
Holly Wiersma and Cassian Elwes are producing. Johnny Mac, Dave Hansen, Laura Rister, Robert Ogden Barnum, Byron Wetzel and Jason A. Micallef are executive producing.
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