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Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert Debuts Teaser, Sets IMAX Feb. 20 and Wide Feb. 27

The nonfiction feature weaves newly restored Vegas‑era reels with a previously unheard 45‑minute recording to foreground Presley’s own voice.

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Overview

  • Neon released the first teaser and confirmed a one‑week IMAX exclusive starting February 20, 2026, followed by a nationwide rollout on February 27.
  • The film assembles long‑lost material from Presley’s late‑1960s/1970s Las Vegas residency alongside rare 16mm from Elvis on Tour and 8mm from the Graceland archive.
  • Luhrmann’s team restored silent footage found in studio vaults and synced it to audio sources, including a newly discovered 45‑minute tape of Elvis recounting his life.
  • EPiC premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, with advance screenings set for Graceland on January 8, Elvis’s birthday.
  • Neon and Universal Pictures Content Group are distributing the project, with the teaser highlighting Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra, An American Trilogy, and Elvis’s line about telling his side of the story.