Weintraub to make Colonel Parker film

Jerry Weintraub, a film producer who got his start in showbusiness when Elvis Presley’s manager the late Colonel Tom Parker hired him to promote Presley’s concerts, is to make a film about his relationship with Parker.

Jerry Weintraub, who has hired Barry Levinson to direct The Colonel And Me, says that Parker became a father figure to him and he has long felt that their tale had the makings of a good feature film.