Legendary US actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson are in a Queensland hospital with coronavirus.

They are in isolation at Gold Coast University Hospital.

“We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches,” Hanks said on social media on Thursday.

“Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too.

“To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive.”

Hanks has been in Australia for the past six weeks to film the upcoming untitled Elvis Presley biopic directed by Baz Luhrmann.

Hanks, a two-time Oscar winner, said he and Wilson are following medical protocols.

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“We ... will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires,” Hanks said.

“Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no?

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“We’ll keep the world posted and updated.”

Production of the film, in which Hanks plays Presley’s manager Colonel Tom Parker, at Village Roadshow Studios in Oxenford on the Gold Coast has reportedly been suspended.

A statement from production company Warner Bros said it was aware “a company member from our Elvis feature film” has coronavirus.

File image of an aerial view of Village Roadshow Sudios on the Gold Coast. Credit: Dave Hunt / AAP

“We are working closely with the appropriate Australian health agencies to identify and contact anyone who may have come in direct contact with the individual,” a spokeswoman said.

“The health and safety of our company members is always our top priority, and we are taking precautions to protect everyone who works on our productions around the world.”

Hanks, according to his social media, was at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday.

Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks at the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills in January. Credit: Steve Granitz / WireImage/Getty

Singer-songwriter Wilson performed at the ballroom of the Emporium Hotel South Bank in Brisbane last Thursday.

Their son Truman was in the audience.

She then performed at the Sydney Opera House on Saturday night.

- With AAP