Coinciding with Elvis Presley’s (1935-1977) birthday on January 8, Sony Pictures Animation unveiled a first look at its adult action-comedy toon Agent Elvis with a teaser poster featuring a smirking king of rock ‘n’ roll with his trademark 1970s shades, holding a golden gun. The new art shared to Twitter also promises the series is “coming soon” to Netflix.
Announced in 2019 as Agent King, the series is created by Priscilla Presley, who was married to Elvis from 1967-1973, and rock singer-guitarist John Eddie. The show reimagines the American music legend fulfilling his lifelong dream of becoming a world-saving hero.
Elvis Presley trades in his white jumpsuit for a jet pack when he is covertly inducted into a secret government spy program to help battle the dark forces that threaten the country he loves — all while holding down his day job as the King of Rock and Roll.
Presley and Eddie are creators and executive producers of the series, with Elvis Presley’s former talent manager Jerry Schilling serves as a consultant. Mike Arnold (Archer) wrote Agent Elvis and is serving as showrunner, with Fletcher Moules (Entergalactic). Menswear designer John Varvatos is designing the animated Elvis’s wardrobe and is a consulting producer on the series. Exec producers also include Kevin Noel, Jamie Salter, Marc Rosen and Corey Salter.
Agent Elvis is being co-produced by Authentic Brands Group, Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Television. The stylized 2D animation is being produced by Emmy-winning studio Titmouse, Inc. (Big Mouth, Star Trek: Lower Decks, The Legend of Vox Machina), with Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio and Ben Kalina as executive producers.
No voice casting has been announced yet.
Here’s your first look at #AgentElvis, coming soon to Netflix. Happy birthday, King! pic.twitter.com/Pmz0fRcLdy
— Sony Pictures Animation (@SonyAnimation) January 8, 2023
