Fans want 4-hour Baz Luhrmann ‘Elvis’ cut, but he’s ‘tired’

Baz Luhrmann seemingly opened a can of worms when he revealed in June that he has a four-hour cut of his newest film “Elvis.”

And now, ever since the musical biopic premiered this past summer, the 59-year-old director has been fending off fans who actually want to view the extended version.

“I tell you what, all my tweets are nothing but, ‘We want the four-hour version! We want the four-hour version!’” the Aussie filmmaker recently told ScreenRant.

“I think people are at my gates with pitchforks saying, ‘We want the four-hour version!’”

However, Luhrmann is still open to releasing the 240-minute film, but not at present time. Following a three-month theatrical release, “Elvis” has finally hit streaming service HBO Max.

The “Great Gatsby” director explained how the parent network could possibly move forward with releasing a longer cut as the original movie is doing well on the streamer.

“I don’t close my mind to the idea that there would be an extended cut,” Luhrmann added. “Right now, with how long it’s stayed in the theaters and how well it’s done, it’s crossed the line.”

“But it’s done so well on HBO Max over the weekend, so it’s about the parent company going, ‘Wow, it’s really worth spending the money,’” he said.

“I’m not closed to it, but not now. I’m a little bit on the tired side,” he added.

Luhrmann also noted how he would need roughly four to six months to do extra work on the extended version of “Elvis” before dropping the four-hour cut on HBO Max.

The lengthier adaption would theoretically explore subplots including music icon Elvis Presley (played by a darker-haired, deeper-voiced iteration of Austin Butler) falling in love with his first girlfriend Dixie, his struggles with barbiturate addiction, his relationship with his band and meeting President Richard Nixon.

The Golden Globe winner told Radio Times earlier this about the longer cut, saying it helped tell the full story of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s short life.

“I would have liked to lean into some of the other things more,” Luhrmann said. “There’s so much more. I mean, there’s lots of stuff that I shot.”

“What happens is [Elvis] starts doing wackadoo things … I had it in there for a while, but there just comes a point where you can’t have everything in, so I just tried to track the spirit of the character.”