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Who will release the first Hollywood biographical movie about Elvis Presley?\u00a0According to the Hollywood Reporter<\/em>, four productions are in the works — and one of them, The Identical,<\/em> focuses on the elusive question of Presley’s faith.<\/p>\n

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Elvis Presley, 1959<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Worldwide, the enigmatic Presley sold over one billion records, more than any other artist, according to the website BiographyElvis.<\/a> He won multiple gold and platinum awards for 131 albums and singles — far more than any other artist. Nominated 14 times for Grammy awards, he only won three — all for Gospel recordings: the album “How Great Thou Art” in 1967, the album “He Touched Me” in 1972 and his live Memphis concert recording of the song “How Great Thou Art” in 1974.<\/p>\n

Given the success of biographical movies about Ray Charles’ life in 2004’s Ray<\/em> and Johnny Cash’s in the 2005 Walk the Line<\/em>, the race is on to release an Elvis film.\u00a0“Four unauthorized Presley projects are<\/p>\n

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