West Side Story (2021) is directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie is based on the 1961 movie and Broadway musical of the same name.
The original film was directed by Robert Wise, who won an Oscar for directing the film. Wise went on to win another Best Director Oscar four years later for directing The Sound Of Music.
West Side Story tells the tale of two youngsters from rival New York City gangs who fall in love. However, tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Natalie Wood and George Chakiris headlined the original film.
Baby Driver star Ansel Elgort has nabbed the male lead in Steven Spielberg’s take on West Side Story. He plays Tony, a role first portrayed by Larry Kert in the original 1957 Broadway musical. Richard Beymer played the role in the 1961 movie.
Oscar nominated screenwriter and Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner has written the adaptation of the 1957 musical originally penned by Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim with music by Leonard Bernstein.
Pictured left to right are: Jets members Anybodys (Ezra Menas), Mouthpiece (Ben Cook), Action (Sean Harrison Jones); Jets leader Riff (Mike Faist); Baby John (Patrick Higgins); Tony (Ansel Elgort) and Maria (Rachel Zegler); Maria’s brother and Sharks leader Bernardo (David Alvarez); and Sharks members Quique (Julius Anthony Rubio), Chago (Ricardo Zayas), Chino (Josh Andrés Rivera), Braulio (Sebastian Serra) and Pipo (Carlos Sánchez Falú).
The cast also includes Ariana DeBose (Anita); Ana Isabelle (Rosalia); Corey Stoll (Lieutenant Schrank); Brian d’Arcy James (Officer Krupke); Curtiss Cook (Abe), and Academy Award-winner Rita Moreno, who plays Valentina.
Originally scheduled for theatrical release on December 18, 2020, due to Wuhan coronavirus and all movie theaters in the world being closed, the film was put on the shelf. Its new tentative release date is December 10, 2021.
SHARKS
• David Aviles Morales
• Yesenia Ayala
• María Alejandra Castillo
• Annelise Cepero
• Andrei Chagas
• Jeanette Delgado
• Kelvin Delgado
• Gaby Diaz
• Yurel Echezarreta
• Adriel Flete
• Carlos E. Gonzalez
• David Guzman
• Jacob Guzman
• Ana Isabelle
• Melody Martí
• Ilda Mason
• Juliette Feliciano Ortiz
• Edriz E. Rosa Pérez
• Maria Alexis Rodriguez
• Gabriela Soto
• Ricky Ubeda
• Tanairi Vazquez
• Jamila Velazquez
• Isabella Ward
JETS
• Brianna Abruzzo
• Kyle Allen
• Kyle Coffman
• Harrison Coll
• Kevin Csolak
• Kellie Drobnick
• Julian Elia
• Myles Erlick
• Leigh-Ann Esty
• Sara Esty
• John Michael Fiumara
• Paloma Garcia-Lee
• Garett Hawe
• Eloise Kropp
• Lauren Leach
• Jess LeProtto
• Skye Mattox
• Adriana Pierce
• Brittany Pollack
• Daniel Patrick Russell
• Talia Ryder
• Jonalyn Saxer
• Halli Toland
• Maddie Ziegler
