Steven Spielberg's WEST SIDE STORY - News & Discussion Thread- Page 26

[darquegk]

Posted: 7/30/21 at 1:54pm

My money is on “girl who only says Oobly-Ooo” to steal the show.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 7/30/21 at 2:17pm

darquegk said: "My money is on “girl who only says Oobly-Ooo” to steal the show."

and you can punctuate it?

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 7/30/21 at 2:21pm

All joking aside, Laurents has gone on record saying that Anita is the most successful character in the piece. She walks on, does her thing - hits a home run and steals the show…also she’s sexual - the polar opposite of Maria who’s fresh and dewy right off the boat and naive.

The character of Anita when played “right”
steals the show.

Lets see what DeBose brings to the table…

[NameGreg]

Posted: 7/30/21 at 2:32pm

I’m also guessing Alvarez will be a standout, particularly since he gets to perform America. But my money is one DeBose getting the most praise of the ensemble.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 7/30/21 at 4:28pm

I honestly think that everyone will steal the show in their own way due to how talented and well cast everybody is.

[Globefan]

Posted: 7/30/21 at 4:48pm

darquegk said: "My money is on “girl who only says Oobly-Ooo” to steal the show."

That would be Maddie Ziegler. 

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/2/21 at 12:15pm

CarlosAlberto said: "The program that was sold in theaters during the film's roadshow engagements also used a photo of the iconic image of Tony and Maria running.



"

I think someone who was close to the production has said that there was a similar picture taken with Rachel and Ansel. So maybe we will get that iconic image after all, crossing fingers.

[Globefan]

Posted: 8/2/21 at 1:02pm

Musical Master said: "CarlosAlberto said: "The program that was sold in theaters during the film's roadshow engagements also used a photo of the iconic image of Tony and Maria running.



"

I think someone who was close to the production has said that there wasa similar picture taken with Rachel and Ansel. So maybe we will get that iconic image after all, crossing fingers."

Hopefully! 

[NameGreg]

Posted: 8/2/21 at 8:00pm

Given how famous that image is, I think they’ll have it recreated, but like the movie poster, they’ll be several other things happening on the poster to make it clear it’s not just a love story.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 8/2/21 at 8:12pm

I think it will be slightly dark, literally and figuratively. 

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/3/21 at 1:46pm

I'm just hoping that it will be a well made movie poster which shows everything that West Side Story is well known for.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/6/21 at 11:08pm

This article reveals something pretty interesting: http://cheatsheet.com/entertainment/steven-spielberg-west-side-story.html/

Apparently Spielberg has had a long desire to make a musical film as far back as 2004 in this quote: “I’ve always wanted to make a musical. Not like Moulin Rouge though. An old-fashioned, conservative musical where everyone talks to each other, then breaks into song, then talks some more. Like West Side Story or Singin’ In The Rain. Yeah, I want to make a musical. I’ve been looking for one for 20 years. I just need something that excites me…”

And now, Steven Spielberg has finally found something that excites him to have the passion to work on, even in a genre he's never tackled before. That's honestly a good sign in comparison to other film directors who don't know how to handle the musical genre in a film.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 8/6/21 at 11:19pm

He's wanted to work on a musical for longer than that. ALW's Whistle Down the Wind was originally developed for the screen as a possible Spielberg project. (When you look at the plot boiled down to just the basic themes, it's practically ticking boxes on his checklist -- ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances who have limitations but succeed in becoming heroes, a childlike sense of wonder and faith that the goodness in humanity will prevail, the importance of childhood, loss of innocence, and the need for parental figures, a flawed or irresponsible father figure in the parent-child relationship, etc.)

[Globefan]

Posted: 8/6/21 at 11:50pm

Spielberg was attached to the Cats movie in the early 90s 

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/7/21 at 1:56pm

^^I almost forgot that ALW's Whistle Down the Wind was supposed to be a movie musical project for Spielberg, thanks for reminding me. Not to mention Spielberg originally wanting Hook to be a movie musical but dropped the idea because of similar fears he had.

^He was going to produce it, but he wasn't going to direct it, seeing that the idea at the time was an animated movie version of Cats. Which should've happened instead of the Tom Hooper horror show we got in the end.

[Globefan]

Posted: 8/7/21 at 5:10pm

I wish Spielberg had directed Cats AND Who Framed Roger Rabbit 

[a-mad]

Posted: 8/12/21 at 3:52pm

Yes she is an Executive Producer, so I doubt she'd ever say it wasn't great if it's indeed not great... but Rita Moreno is effusive in her praise of the finished product:

https://deadline.com/2021/08/rita-moreno-just-a-girl-who-decided-to-go-for-it-documentary-director-mariem-perez-riera-pbs-american-masters-tca-1234813772/

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/12/21 at 10:29pm

It's one of the things where I wish that there were test screenings for people to give brief, non-spoiler thoughts for us. I remember reading on those sort of screenings for movie musicals back when IMDB had forums before they were removed.

[Globefan]

Posted: 8/14/21 at 8:57pm

Less than 4 months to go! 

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/18/21 at 12:35pm

An article interviewing Rita Moreno on her documentary and her role as executive producer on West Side Story. She had this to say: "Many of the things that were not exactly right or real about the original have been corrected with a vengeance, and that has a great deal to do not only with Steven but with Tony Kushner… He has clarified a lot of the things in that film that weren’t clear, that were fuzzy… I can only tell you are in for the treat of your life."

https://deadline.com/2021/08/rita-moreno-just-a-girl-who-decided-to-go-for-it-documentary-director-mariem-perez-riera-pbs-american-masters-tca-1234813772/

[Globefan]

Posted: 8/21/21 at 10:44pm

I plan on making this my first movie back in theaters 

[BwayLB]

Posted: 8/22/21 at 11:00am

^ So far in 2021, i have seen in theaters Wonder Woman 1984, In the Heights F9, Black Widow, Snake Eyes, Jungle Cruise and Free Guy.

[degrassifan]

Posted: 8/25/21 at 12:06pm

Rachel Zegler is on the cover of the September issue of Town and Country magazine. Below is a link to the cover story —

Rachel Zegler Interview

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/26/21 at 11:51am

I'm glad that she says that this movie is not a remake as most people mistake this as, everyone working on the movie has said that it's a new film adaptation of the original Broadway musical that's different from the 1961 version. Also interesting of note is that according to Zegler: “Every Juliet-based character is pure and innocent. She’s the Virgin Mary, and she can do no wrong, but in reality she’s 18. She’s discovering so much about herself and the way she thinks about the world."

This is an interesting direction for the character that I don't think it's been done this way in any other production of this musical, on stage or on film. Correct me if I'm wrong about that.

[Globefan]

Posted: 8/26/21 at 1:58pm

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a37368240/west-side-story-i-feel-pretty-song-meaning/