This new version of 'West Side Story' features Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort as Maria and Tony.
"I'm a grown-up now," Maria says."I'm going to think for myself.""West Side Story," written by Tony Kushner , marks Spielberg's first musical. The cast also includes Ariana DeBose as Anita, David Alvarez as Bernardo and Mike Faist as Riff. Rita Moreno, who won an Oscar for her performance as Maria in the 1961 film, appears in the remake and served as an executive producer.
The original movie, based on the musical by Steven Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein, was critically beloved, winning 10 Academy Awards. That sets a high bar, but Moreno, in a prior interview with Variety, promises that Spielberg's new take on"West Side Story is"astonishing."After several pandemic-related delays,"West Side Story" is scheduled to premiere in theaters on Dec. 10.
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