00:00Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have tested positive for coronavirus.
00:04The actor who's currently in Australia filming Boz Lerman's untitled Elvis Presley movie for Warner Brothers confirmed the news on
00:11Wednesday in an Instagram post where he explained that the couple tested positive for COVID-19 after feeling a bit
00:17ill.
00:17Hanks revealed in part,
00:30which is overseeing the outbreak in that state, the celebrity couple, who had been in Australia for at least a
00:35week prior to their diagnosis, is believed to have contracted the coronavirus in the U.S. or in transit from
00:40there.
00:41The couple's sons, Chet and Colin, have reassured the public that Hanks and Wilson, both 63, are doing well.
00:47However, their quarantine period has forced production to shut down for at least two weeks on Lerman's Elvis biopic, where
00:53Hanks was due to play Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
00:55In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, a Warner Brothers spokesperson confirmed that pre-production on the film has been
01:01halted after a, quote,
01:03company member had tested positive for the coronavirus and that the individual is currently receiving treatment.
01:08The married couple are two of seven new cases reported in Queensland on Thursday, among a total of over 130
01:13cases across Australia.
01:16For more on this story, head to THR.com.
01:18For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.
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