Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story gets some new posters

West Side Story is produced and directed by Steven Spielberg from a script by Academy Award®-nominated screenwriter and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner.

Check out the trailer and new character posters below.

The film has been adapted for the screen from the original 1957 Broadway musical, which was written by Arthur Laurents with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and concept, direction and choreography by Jerome Robbins.

The film stars Ansel Elgort as Tony with Rachel Zegler as Maria, Ezra Menas as Anbodys, Ben Cook as Mouthpiece, Sean Harrison Jones as Action, Mike Faist as Riff and Patrick Higgins as Baby John, David Alvarez plays Bernardo, Julius Anthony Rubio as Quique, Ricardo Zayas as Chago, Josh Andrés Rivera as Chino, Sebastian Serra as Braulio and Carlos Sánchez Falú as Pipo.

The film also stars Brian d’Arcy James, Corey Stoll, Maddie Ziegler, and Rita Moreno, who won an Oscar for playing Anita in the original film, as Valentina. The role is a reconceived version of drugstore owner and Tony’s boss, Doc.

The film’s music team includes renowned conductor Gustavo Dudamel, who will helm the recording of Bernstein’s iconic score; Academy Award-nominated composer and conductor David Newman (Anastasia) who will be arranging the score for the new adaptation; Tony Award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori (Broadway’s Fun Home and Thoroughly Modern Millie), who will be working with the cast on vocals; and Grammy-nominated music supervisor Matt Sullivan (Beauty and the Beast, Chicago), who will serve as executive music producer for the film.

Tony Award-winner Justin Peck will choreograph the musical numbers in the film. Also leading the production are Tony Award®-winning producer Kevin McCollum and Academy Award®-nominated producer Kristie Macosko Krieger.

The film is due out on 10th December 2021.

Via IMP