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Sources: Mick Jagger in talks to produce long-awaited Elvis biopic

Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger and his production company Jagged Films are looking to team up with 20th Century Fox to produce a biopic of Elvis Presley, sources tell FOX411's Pop Tarts column.Insiders say the project is in a very preliminary stage.In an interview last year, Elvis's daughter Lisa Marie said she hadn't been happy with representations of her iconic father to date."There's not been anything done properly with him yet, you know, that has satisfied me in terms of capturing everything," she said. "It will happen, though."There has been industry chatter about a potential Presley biopic over the past few years, with the Hollywood Reporter calling it a race between hopefuls in November 2011. Everyone from "Idol" creator Simon Fuller to billionaire Steve Bing are said to have tried to push the project forward, but numerous roadblocks involving the narrative and intellectual property have stood in the way.Apparently it may take someone with Mick Jagger's rock-and-roll cache...

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