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Austin Butler Finally Credits Ex Vanessa Hudgens for Elvis Idea
A caller King has entered the building.
Eight months aft Austin Butler shook america up with his Oscar-nominated Elvis role, Matthew McConaughey is present mastering the dependable of Elvis Presley. What for? Netflix's upcoming animated bid Agent Elvis, which hits the streamer successful March.
"Every erstwhile successful a while, antheral accomplishes the impossible," McConaughey's Elvis says successful the teaser, which dropped Feb. 6. "All it takes is idiosyncratic with a dream. Because erstwhile a antheral dreams, helium tin alteration the world."
However, Agent Elvis has a batch much than crooning and shaking his hips connected his plate.
"Elvis Presley trades successful his jumpsuit for a pitchy battalion erstwhile helium is covertly inducted into a concealed authorities spy programme to conflict the acheronian forces that endanger the state helium loves," the streamer teases of the series, "all portion holding down his time occupation arsenic the King of Rock and Roll."
Dressed successful the precocious icon's trademark jumpsuits paired with his iconic pompadour, Agent Elvis indispensable navigate a satellite of atrocious guys, high-powered weapons and, naturally, murderous monkeys.
Agent Elvis is the first big animated task from Sony Pictures Animation, the workplace down 2018's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and it comes with immoderate precise important backing.
Priscilla Presley, who was joined to Elvis from 1967 to 1973, serves arsenic an enforcement shaper connected the series.
"Elvis Presley ever dreamed of being a superhero," McConaughey tweeted Feb. 6, "now, Priscilla Presley is making his imagination a reality!"
Here's hoping McConaughey has an easier clip shedding the signature Elvis accent than Butler.
Agent Elvis premieres on Netflix successful March.
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