Exclusive: Director Baz Luhrmann talks EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
Hitting IMAX for a one-week exclusive engagement on February 20th, 2026, then in theaters worldwide starting on February 27th from Neon is the documentary EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, directed by Baz Luhrmann.
EPiC features long-lost footage from Elvis Presley's legendary Vegas residency in the 1970s, woven together with rare 16mm footage from Elvis on Tour and treasured 8mm film from the Graceland archive, along with rediscovered recordings of Elvis telling "his side of the story."
The film was produced by Baz Luhrmann, Jeremy Castro, Schuyler Weiss, Matthew Gross, and Colin Smeeton.
Baz Luhrmann returns to the subject of his most audacious film — 2022’s Elvis — with the extraordinary EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert. Free of contemporary interviews with experts, critics, other stakeholders, the film is propelled by recently discovered archival footage shot at the beginning of the famed performer's Las Vegas residency.
Originally intended to last a few weeks at the hotel, the 1969 engagement was shockingly lucrative, and stretched on for over seven years. Brilliantly compiled with an aficionado's enthusiasm & sensitivity, it shifts skilfully between rehearsals, where Presley is cheerful, hard-working, even goofy, and live performances that vary from powerful and grandiose to rushed.
Luhrmann is known for directing Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, Australia (+ "Faraway Downs"), The Great Gatsby, and 2022’s Elvis movie starring Austin Butler.
Blackfilmandtv.com correspondent Miriam Spritzer talks to director Baz Luhrmann on EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert.
