West Side Story
Corey Stoll and Brian D’Arcy James have come aboard Steven Spielberg’sWest Side Story . Many an supercilium was raised back in 2014 , when Spielberg revealed that he was giving serious thought process tore - adapting theWest Side Storystage musicalto the big screen . After all , Robert Wise ’s 1961 moving-picture show adaptation of the show not only win a whopping ten Oscars ( include Best Picture ) , it ’s still regarded as one of the outstanding cinematic musicals of all time . But , then again , this is Spielberg we ’re speak about , and if any film maker ’s capable of delivering a worthwhile new take on the classic Romance language - meet gang vs. bunch drama , it ’s one of his pedigree .
Unsurprisingly , Spielberg has had little trouble putting together a top - notch cast and bunch for hisWest Side Storyretelling . The pic is being write by Pulitzer Prize - winner Tony Kushner ( who also wrote Spielberg’sMunichandLincoln ) and has so far assembled a cast that includes plant musical talents likeAnsel Elgort(Baby Driver ) , severalup and amount musical dramatics performerswith professional Broadway experience , and even the 1961West Side Story ’s Oscar - winning costar , Rita Moreno . Spielberg has now added two fecund ( and fete ) character actors to their ranks as well .
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According toDeadline , Stoll and D’Arcy James have been set to play Lt . Schrank and Sgt . Krupke , severally , in Spielberg’sWest Side Story . The former of those characters is the severely - edge investigator tasked with trying to keep the peace between the rival NYC gang up the Jets and the Sharks in the chronicle , whereas the latter is the scratchy copper who ’s typically more than happy to try and enkindle the bunch ' member into bug out a fighting with him .
As name , Stoll and D’Arcy James are both clap performer who have appeared in far too many late films and TV demonstrate to do judge by here . coincidently , they also appear in Damien Chazelle ’s Neil Armstrong memoirFirst Manlast year , with D’Arcy James playing X-15 test pilot Joseph A. Walker and Stoll ( in a scene - stealing tour ) bringing the legendary Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin and his sardonic sensation of humour to spirit . It ’s especially fitting that D’Arcy James has conjoin Spielberg’sWest Side Story , given that he ’s previously starred in such tally stagecoach musical theater asHamiltonandShrek the Musical , along with Broadway renditions of plays likeMacbeth . In fact , he ’s currently working on a translation of Jez Butterworth ’s 2017 caper , The Ferryman .
Speaking of D’Arcy James : his quality , Sgt . Krupke , is splendidly the subject of ridicule in one ofWest Side Story ’s more well - known songs , " Gee , Officer Krupke " ( where the Jets bemock him for , well , being himself mostly ) . Part of the reason why Spielberg tacklingWest Side Storyis so challenging - in add-on to the factors cite earlier - is that he ’s never directed a full - blown musical before , so no one really know how he ’ll go about denounce iconic number like " Gee , Officer Krupke " , " I Feel Pretty " , " America " , and so away . Needless to say , we ’re excited to see what he comes up with .
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West Side Storybegins production this summer , but does n’t have a discharge date yet .
Source : Deadline
