The film became eligible to be made available on HBO Max and/or premium video on demand (PVOD) on August 8, 2022, 45 days after its theatrical release, under a plan announced by WarnerMedia in 2021. [64] However, IndieWire reported shortly before that date that the merged Warner Bros. Discovery had decided to instead release Elvis solely to PVOD on August 9 and to Blu-ray/DVD on September 13 with HBO Max availability likely to follow in the fall. [65] The film became available for streaming exclusively on HBO Max on September 2, followed by the HBO network premiere on September 3. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times, while praising the visuals and Butler's performance, felt mixed about the film being told from Colonel Tom Parker's perspective, saying "I would have loved to have listened in on Luhrmann and Hanks's conversations about their ideas for the character; if nothing else, it might have explained what in the world they were after here. I honestly haven't a clue, although the image of Sydney Greenstreet looming menacingly in The Maltese Falcon repeatedly came to mind, with a dash of Hogan's Heroes." [98] Elvis' Star Austin Butler Thrusts Hips at Cannes, Gaining 12-Minute Standing Ovation". Variety. May 25, 2022. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022 . Retrieved May 26, 2022. Lang, Brent (September 16, 2020). "Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Adds Richard Roxburgh, Helen Thomson, Dacre Montgomery". Variety. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020 . Retrieved September 17, 2020. New Elvis Trailer Shows The Birth Of A Star". Empire. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022 . Retrieved June 22, 2022.

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