West Side Story

West Side Story is an upcoming American musical romantic drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, with a screenplay by Tony Kushner, who also serves as one of the film's executive producers. The film is the second feature-length adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim, which is based loosely on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It stars Rachel Zegler (in her feature film debut) and Ansel Elgort, with Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Josh Andrés Rivera, Corey Stoll and Brian d'Arcy James. Rita Moreno, who appeared in the 1961 film, has a supporting role and is an executive producer. Choreography is by Justin Peck. The film started development in 2014 by 20th Century Fox, and Kushner was writing the screenplay by 2017. In January 2018, Spielberg was hired, and casting began by September 2018. Filming began in July 2019 and wrapped up two months later. Shooting occurred in New York and New Jersey. West Side Story is scheduled to be released by 20th Century Studios in the United States on December 10, 2021, after being delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Plot: Teenagers Tony and María, despite having affiliations with rival street gangs, the Jets and Sharks, fall in love in 1950s New York City. Cast: Rachel Zegler as María Vasquez Ansel Elgort as Tony Ariana DeBose as Anita David Alvarez as Bernardo Vasquez Mike Faist as Riff Josh Andrés Rivera as Chino Corey Stoll as Police Lieutenant Schrank Brian d'Arcy James as Police Sergeant Krupke Rita Moreno as Valentina Curtiss Cook as Abe Jamie Harris as Rory Ana Isabelle as Rosalia Kevin Csolak as Diesel Ezra Menas as Anybodys Ben Cook as Mouthpiece Sean Harrison Jones as Action Patrick Higgins as Baby John Paloma Garcia-Lee as Graziella Maddie Ziegler as Velma Julius Anthony Rubio as Quique Ricardo Zayas as Chago Sebastian Serra as Braulio Carlos Sánchez Falú as Pipo MK3 video effect, text via Wikipedia, all rights reserved.