Elvis Presley's manager's biopic in works

Los Angeles: A feature film about Elvis Presley's manager Colonel Tom Parker is in works.

Spencer Proffer, Steve Binder, and Joe Berlinger are developing the project titled "The Colonel", reported Variety.

Production is slated for early 2018. The screenplay will be based on Alanna Nash's book, "The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley," published by Simon and Schuster and one of four Presley books she authored.

"I have wanted to work with Joe for years, given his unique filmmaker's eye toward marrying music-anchored stories with dramatic storytelling.

"Given that I am a big fan of his Metallica and Paul Simon films, plus Joe's award-winning crime documentaries, he became my first choice to direct this evergreen and important film. Parker's story has such a dark edge, and this is precisely why Berlinger?s combo of crime and music documentaries lends the perfect tone for the film," said Proffer.

The team will work from an outline developed by Nash and Berlinger, and Nash will co-write the screenplay.

Parker became Presley's manager in 1956 shortly before the singer broke out with the single "Heartbreak Hotel." He remained the manager until Presley's death in 1977.