WEST SIDE STORY film delayed by a full year — Page 3

BroadwayNYC2 said: "^Not necessarily. Woman in The Window was sold to Netflix once acquired by Disney (and delayed due to the pandemic)"

It was a Fox deal, not a Disney deal. In fact, it was the last act of Fox.

(and Mulan was of course never Fox.)

Updated On: 9/24/20 at 07:31 PM

BwayLB wrote: I normally wouldn’t be game for IMAX unless a portion was shot with IMAX cameras, but maybe.

From what I am finding, the film was shot with 35mm film using Panavision Panaflex Millennium Cameras with Panavision T-Series lenses. For the purpose of the film being shown digitally upon its release, the digital intermediate has been mastered in 4K. This is good as many of the most recent films are mastered in 2K which is the picture quality you get on your High Definition televisions now and in theaters using digital projection...even though some of these films were shot digitally in higher resolutions (4K, 6K or greater) depending on the capture device being used. Many 4K UHD Blu-ray releases are mastered from 2K sources. Interestingly, films that were originally shot in 35mm, 65mm or 70mm have the potential of looking far better than recent films finished in 2K resolution. So, a 4K release of LAWRENCE OF ARABIA mastered from a 70mm print/negative could potentially look far better than a recent film shot digitally and mastered in 2K.

At this point, I want to ask your forgiveness. I've been writing and editing this message for about an hour now...and I hope it is ultimately not too confusing.

Regarding IMAX, originally this process of filming with IMAX cameras using 65mm film, produced films that looked fantastic when presented in theaters designed to showcase the format. Spielberg's WEST SIDE STORY, being mastered in 4K, has the ability to look amazing if it is shown in theaters with 4K technology (which is not readily available in theaters today). If it is shown digitally in 2K, it will look as good as any film you could see in theaters the last time you actually went to a movie theater.

Finally, Spielberg shot the film with an aspect ratio of 2.39:1...so this is a real widescreen movie. If the film was formatted for IMAX presentation, the picture would not be nearly as "wide"...probably something closer to a 1.78:1 aspect ratio. It would completely fill your television screen in the IMAX format, but Spielberg's original film would be presented with black bars at the top and bottom of your television screens now...but you would be seeing EVERYTHING Spielberg intended you to see...nothing would be cropped out.

I hope this made sense. I'm posting now, but additional research on your part should confirm what I'd hoped to convey.

What is the musical number you're most excited for in the new film? I'm most excited for the Somewhere Ballet, America, I Feel Pretty, and Cool.

I'm glad we'll finally get the Somewhere Ballet on film.

Justin Peck's choreography will be amazing

I hope they use the offscreen voice for the Somewhere Ballet, like they do in the stage production usually. Maybe they can use Reri Grist's original recording and put the new orchestrations over it. The reason they didn't include the Somewhere Ballet in the 1961 film is because it was never clearly defined in the script, and it was left on the back burner until the end of filming, but Jerome Robbins was fired and it had to be scrapped.

I'm excited for Rachel Zegler's debut. I love seeing new talent.

Globefan said: "I hope they use the offscreen voice for the Somewhere Ballet, like they do in the stage production usually. Maybe they can use Reri Grist's original recording and put the new orchestrations over it. The reason they didn't include the Somewhere Ballet in the 1961 film is because it was never clearly defined in the script, and it was left on the back burner until the end of filming, but Jerome Robbins was fired and it had to be scrapped."

This surprises me as there were storyboards for it. I had thought it came very near being in the movie, but ultimately they (or Wise after Robbins was fired) felt in the more realisitc world of the film, such a sequence wouldn't play.

I happen to love the movie (though "Somewhere" is sung at too fast a clip--particularly listening to the soundtrack as opposed to seeing it within the film), and am not at all sure the remake will equal it. But I will be very happy if I am proved wrong. I want another great move musical more than I want to be stubborn about my pre-conceived opinions.