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Steven Spielberg offers up a special look at West Story Story

July 29, 2021 by EJ Moreno

West Side Story may have never looked better than in this new look at the upcoming adaptation.

Director Steven Spielberg is back with this special look at the 20th Century Studios project. The sneak peek features some new clips that haven’t been seen before, with the leads Ansel Elgort (Tony) and Rachel Zegler (Maria) stealing the show. We also get a taste of the soundtrack with the Academy Award-winner Rita Moreno performing ‘Somewhere’. Check out the clip here…

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. 

West Side Story features a cast that includes Ansel Elgort (Tony), Rachel Zegler (Maria), Ezra Menas (Anybodys), Ben Cook (Mouthpiece), Sean Harrison Jones (Action), Mike Faist (Riff), Patrick Higgins (Baby John), David Alvarez (Bernardo), Julius Anthony Rubio (Quique), Ricardo Zayas (Chago), Josh Andrés Rivera (Chino), Sebastian Serra (Braulio), Carlos Sánchez Falú (Pipo), Ariana DeBose (Anita), Ana Isabelle (Rosalia), Corey Stoll (Lieutenant Schrank), Brian d’Arcy James (Officer Krupke), Curtiss Cook (Abe), and Rita Moreno (Valentina).

West Side Story is set for release on December 10th.

 

Originally published July 29, 2021. Updated July 28, 2021.

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Steven Spielberg, west side story

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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