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March 27, 2007
Jack White as Elvis Presley
Parodies abound... Will Ferrell and Napoleon Dynamite as male-partnered figure skaters, Merry Swankster as a real journalist, and now Jack White as Elvis Presley - ZING!
Jack White is reportedly in line to play Elvis in an upcoming comedy.IGN.com have reported the unusual casting choice will be appearing in a parody of recent musical bio-pics, with a current title of ‘Walk Hard’
The film will spoof recent films such as ‘Walk The Line’ and ‘Ray’, with John C Reilly (‘Gangs of New York’, ‘Talladega Nights’) starring as a Johnny Cash-esque fictional character called Dewey Cox. (via)
IMDB describes the plot outline as "Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend," but alas, no Jack White listed in the cast credits. To take a page from Mr. Drudge, developing...
Posted by Merry Swankster at March 27, 2007 01:17 PM
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This is weird. And by 'this,' I don't so much mean Jack playing Elvis as I mean Jack playing comedy.
Posted by: Koren at March 27, 2007 01:54 PM
