Watch: New Promo Video Hypes Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story

It takes some set of stones to remake top-of-the-line and hottest musicals ever made, particularly one which ended up successful eleven of the twelve Academy Awards that it was nominated for, however it undoubtedly helps that West Side Story boasts one of many all-time greats behind the digicam.

Steven Spielberg, no stranger to awards season glory with three Oscars of his personal from a grand complete of 17 nods, is definitely a protected pair of palms. It additionally helps that he additionally occurs to be the only most commercially profitable director within the historical past of cinema, and the one one to have seen his mixed filmography exceed $10 billion on the field workplace.

The newest model of the 1957 Broadway smash hit that spawned the 1961 film was initially scheduled for launch in December of final yr, however it’s now coming to theaters subsequent month. West Aspect Story lands on December 10, the place it will get the luxurious of a 45-day unique theatrical run, and the advertising marketing campaign is starting to warmth up.

Unusually, for the primary new Spielberg in nearly 4 years, there’s not an excessive amount of buzz heading into this one with lower than 5 weeks to go till launch, but when anyone can flip the tide of ambivalence greeting West Aspect Story thus far, it’s the bearded legend.