The world premiere of Priscilla, the latest film written and directed by Sofia Coppola, took place this evening at the Venice Film Festival. The movie stars Cailee Spaeny in the titular role as Priscilla Presley, with Jacob Elordi portraying Elvis Presley and Dagmara Dominczyk also featuring in the cast.
Coppola secured a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement for publicity, granting the cast permission to participate in the premiere and promote the feature. Attending the premiere included Elordi and Spaeny and much of the main cast.
Coppola adapted the book based on the 1985 memoir Elvis and Me co-authored by Priscilla Presley and Sandra Harmon. Producers on the pic are Lorenzo Mieli, Coppola, and Youree Henley. EPs are Roman Coppola, Chris Hatcher, Fred Roos, and Presley. A24 is releasing domestically while Mubi has snapped up rights across multiple territories, including the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Latin America, Benelux, and Turkey. The Match Factory is handling sales for the rest of the world.
The film follows teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meeting Elvis Presley at a party, already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar who becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend. Through Priscilla’s eyes, Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla’s long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland, in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy, and fame.
Priscilla hits theaters on Oct. 27 from A24.