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Career-Spanning Elvis Presley Documentary Heading to HBO

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/career-spanning-elvis-presley-documentary-heading-to-hbo-w450434



Elvis Presley Documentary Headed for HBO

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7573720/elvis-presley-documentary-hbo

HBO plans Elvis Presley documentary miniseries

http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/entertainment/music/memphis-music-beat/2016/11/15/hbo-plans-elvis-presley-documentary-miniseries/93883252/

HBO’S UNTITLED ELVIS PRESLEY PROJECT COMPLETES PRODUCTION THIS MONTH
Emmy® And Grammy Winner Thom Zimny Directs

https://medium.com/hbo-cinemax-pr/hbos-untitled-elvis-presley-project-completes-production-this-month-7830b2a9dadd#.hgm8mmxdk




New Springsteen and Presley documentaries readied for the small screen

THOM ZIMNY'S BEEN BUSY

We've got a doubleshot of documentaries coming our way with Bruce Springsteen and Thom Zimny's involvement. First up is a 90-minute Springsteen documentary from Channel 4 in the UK, "produced by Lonesome Pine Productions in collaboration with Thom Zimny," as reported by www.atvtoday.co.uk, with Bruce "in intimate conversation": "Channel 4 has been granted access to Bruce Springsteen for a documentary revealing the man behind the music. With home video from his youth, and footage from his early years performing solo in Greenwich Village, this documentary gives a unique insight into the man as well as the musician." The doc is scheduled to air before the end of the year.

Zimny, Springsteen's film archivist and go-to director, has also directed an Elvis Presley documentary for HBO, which wraps production this month. Announced this afternoon, the untitled doc is a three-hour affair, a "comprehensive journey from Elvis' childhood through the final 1976 Jungle Room recording sessions." Today's press release quotes HBO Miniseries president Kary Antholis:

    "The producers came to HBO and Sony with the idea for a film drawing upon very rare footage that captures Elvis' musicianship in a new and exciting way," said Antholis. "The artistry on display in that footage reminded us of the great work by Jon Landau and Thom Zimny on HBO films documenting the studio artistry of Bruce Springsteen, and we are thrilled to have them at the helm to lend their unique cinematic perspectives to this iconic, complex and singular artist."

Jon Landau is an executive producer for the Elvis doc, and Springsteen is among the fim's interviewees.
- November 14, 2016

http://www.backstreets.com/news.html

A member of the FECC forum posted this:

i have given them unseen footage from myself been on the phone to New York many times on the matter


So, it sounds like we really can look forward to some "new" material. Hopefully the movie will be worth it.