Steven Spielberg Plans 'West Side Story' Remake, Talks 'Indiana Jones 5'
As we sally forth into the Hamilton-fueled renaissance for musicals both onstage and onscreen, Steven Spielberg's getting in the fray. In a Hollywood Reporter profile, new stirrings of a West Side Story remake emerge.
"Spielberg has dreamt of adapting it 'for decades,' securing rights after trying to get them 15 years ago," the magazine writes. Tony Kushner is writing the script, having worked with Spielz on Munich, Lincoln and the upcoming The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara.
West Side Story would mark Spielberg's first musical (although he executive produced NBC's short-lived Smash). In 2011, he told CNN:
"I'd love to do an old-fashioned musical, where the characters talk to each other and then they sing to each other. I'm such a fan of the Hollywood musical, but I haven't found the right subject matter or the right book or the right music to throw myself into one of them."
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