Leonardo DiCaprio to Play Elvis Producer Sam Phillips in New Biopic

Leonardo DiCaprio will play producer Sam Phillips in a new Paramount Pictures film based on Peter Guralnick’s book Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘N’ Roll, according to Deadline. Phillips helped forge the sound of early rock music and launched the career of Elvis Presley. He also produced for other rock greats like Johnny Cash, Ike Turner, Howlin’ Wolf, Jerry Lee Lewis, and more. The film will be developed by DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson’s Appian Way, and it’s producers include Mick Jagger, Victoria Pearman, Steve Bing, Ian Montone, Rick Yorn and Guralnick. There’s no timetable for its release.

Read an excerpt of Guralnick’s Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘N’ Roll on the Pitch.

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