New West Side Story Trailer Released

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20th Century Studios along with Walt Disney Studios have released the first OFFICIAL TRAILER for their upcoming WEST SIDE STORY, directed by Steven Spielberg!

An adaptation of the original Broadway musical, WEST SIDE STORY explores young love and tensions between rival gangs the Jets and the Sharks on the streets of 1957 New York. The cast also includes Ansel Elgort (Tony); Rachel Zegler (Maria); 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 and also serves as one of the film’s Executive Producers. The film is now in production for Twentieth Century Fox and The Walt Disney Studios.

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. 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. 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’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.

Cast:

Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, Ana Isabelle, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James, Curtiss Cook, Rita Moreno

Synopsis:

Directed by Academy Award-winner Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Tony Kushner, West Side Story tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City.

Trailer:

Stills:

Ariana DeBose as Anita from Steven Spielberg's West Side Story
still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
Ansel Elgort as Tony and Rachel Zegler as Maria still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
West Side Story still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
Rachel Zegler as Maria photo by Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
West Side Story still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
West Side Story still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
West Side Story still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
West Side Story still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
West Side Story still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
West Side Story still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
still photo by: Niko Tavernise (20th Century Studios)
West Side Story poster (20th Century Studios)
poster (20th Century Studios)

West Side Story hits theaters on December 10th!

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