It’s the flash of shadow underwater, the glint of a fin above water, the anxiety when feet no longer touch sand.

Every good story needs a villain and Colonel Tom Parker has usually occupied that role in the Elvis biography. Think of Tom Hanks’ scenery chewing in Baz Luhrmann’s eye-popping 2022 Elvis biopic.

The Gold Coast’s sprawling Village Roadshow studios, a new Coast-based headquarters and creative industries precinct for Luhrmann’s production company Bazmark and a $12.6m studio complex opened last ...