{"id":6920,"date":"2016-04-14T11:09:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T15:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/axs-tv-partners-with-sharknado-producers-for-tv-movie\/"},"modified":"2016-04-14T13:29:44","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T17:29:44","slug":"axs-tv-partners-with-sharknado-producers-for-tv-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/axs-tv-partners-with-sharknado-producers-for-tv-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"AXS TV Partners with Sharknado Producers for TV Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: AXS TV is making its foray into the TV-movie business, partnering with The Asylum, the production company behind the cult hit\u00a0<em>Sharknado<\/em> franchise, for the conspiracy thriller <em>Elvis Lives!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Currently in preproduction, this marks the first film for the network. <em>Elvis Lives!<\/em> brings one of the most infamous conspiracy theories to life, asking the question, \u201cWhat if Elvis never really left the building?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AXS TV founder and CEO Mark Cuban commissioned the film after working with The Asylum on <em>Sharknado<\/em> <em>3<\/em> (2015), in which he played Marcus Robbins, the president of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith <em>Elvis Lives!<\/em> we intend to do for the life of Elvis Presley what <em>Sharknado<\/em> did for flying sharks,\u201d said Asylum president and conspiracy theorist David Rimawi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the decision was made to develop AXS TV\u2019s first original made-for-TV movie, I knew I had to get The Asylum team involved because it was a great experience working with them on <em>Sharknado<\/em> <em>3<\/em>,\u201d said Cuban. \u201cThey\u2019re the perfect fit to bring this wild ride to life, as we celebrate the life and legacy of the The King\u2019s reign, crafting a unique and original story line that explores the well-known conspiracy theories and allows our viewers to form their own conclusions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: AXS TV is making its foray into the TV-movie business, partnering with The Asylum, the production company behind the cult hit Sharknado franchise, for the conspiracy thriller Elvis Lives!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":6921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[167,526,527,528,529],"class_list":["post-6920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-axs-tv","tag-elvis-lives","tag-mark-cuban","tag-sharknado","tag-the-asylum"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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