PRETTY LITTLE LIARS' Ashley Benson Joins ELVIS & NIXON Biopic

According to The Hollywood Reporter, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS' Ashley Benson, 24's Tate Donovan, Poppy Delevingne and Dylan Penn have signed on for ELVIS & NIXON, directed by HATESHIP LOVESHIP's Liza Johnson.

Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon (MAN OF STEEL, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD) will star as Elvis Presley alongside two-time Academy Award Winner Kevin Spacey (AMERICAN BEAUTY, THE USUAL SUPSPECTS) who will star as Richard Nixon in the extraordinary true story ELVIS & NIXON. ELVIS & NIXON is based off a screenplay by Cary Elwes and Hanala and Joey Sagal.

Two men at the height of their powers, conscious they could not stay on top forever, both ripped with fear of the inevitable, sharing one famous private moment in the Oval office. ELVIS & NIXON recounts the MORNING of December 21st 1970, when the King of Rock' n Roll (Michael Shannon) showed up on the White House lawn to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, President Richard Nixon (Kevin Spacey). He had a very urgent request: to be sworn in as an undercover Federal Agent at large. This intimate moment in the Oval office between two men at the height of their powers has never been told.

Also in the cast are Colin Hanks, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Knoxville, X-MEN's Evan Peters, HOMELAND's Tracy Letts and Sky Ferreira.

Benson will play "an American Airlines worker who is a huge Elvis fan," while Donovan takes on the role of H R Haldeman, White House Chief of Staff under Nixon. Delevingne is portraying a stewardess flying with Evlis to DC; Penn is a hotel employee.

Cassian Elwes (Dallas Buyers Club, The Butler), and Holly Wiersma (DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, BOBBY) are producing while Byron Wetzel and Prescience's Tim Smith and Paul Brett are executive producing. Prescience is financing the film which BLOOM is introducing to foreign buyers at AFM.

Benson's upcoming big screen projects include Ratter, Pixels and the TV movie A Visit from the Goon Squad. Aside from Pretty Little Liars, she has appeared on TV in Ravenswood, How I Met Your Mother, Eastwick, Supernatural and more.

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