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Ansel Elgort has been called to lead the next remake of West Side Story. the Baby Driver The star and Off-Broadway alum is about to play the role of Tony in the film directed by Steven Spielberg.
As previously announced, Tony Kushner wrote the screenplay for Leonard Bernstein's new rendition, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents' classic musical, with Carousel Tony's winner, Justin Peck, prepares for a choreography. (Peck, New York City Ballet, is no stranger to the original work West Side Story director-choreographer Jerome Robbins.)
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In addition to Baby Driver (in which he showed some of his musical skills), Elgort is known on the screen for his performances in The fault in our stars, the divergent series, and the remake of 2013 Carrie. He appeared Off-Broadway in Manhattan Theater Club Regrets.
Production is expected to begin in the summer of 2019; No word for the next casting. Spielberg produces the Fox project with Broadway producer Kevin McCollum and Kristie Macosko Krieger.
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