Baz Luhrmann Says ‘Elvis’ Four-Hour Cut Would Take Six Months to Edit: I’m Too ‘Tired’ Now

variety.com:

Zack Sharf Baz Luhrmann revealed in June that his first assembly cut of “Elvis” ran four hours long, and it appears fans might one day get to see the director’s extended vision come to life… just not right now.

Luhrmann recently told ScreenRant (via IndieWire) that a four-hour “Elvis” cut would take another four to six months to edit, and he’s simply too “tired” right now to get it done.

The earliest the director could see himself starting to work on the four-hour “Elvis” would be in 2025. ” I don’t close my mind to the idea that in the future, there might be a way of exploring another [cut],” Luhrmann said. “I’ve got to be really careful here, because the moment I put it out there… I tell you what, all my tweets are nothing but, ‘We want the four-hour version!

We want the four-hour version!’ I think people are at my gates with pitchforks saying, ‘We want the four-hour version!’ “Right now, with how long it’s stayed in the theaters and how well it’s done, it’s crossed the line,” the director continued. “But it’s done so well on HBO Max over the weekend, so it’s about the parent company going, ‘Wow, it’s really worth spending the money.’ Because it isn’t just like I’ve got it, and you just put it out there.