This remake of a reimagining is the love story between Ansel Elgort’s “Tony,” and Rachel Zegler’s “Maria,” and it also stars Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James, Curtiss Cook, and Rita Moreno. There’s something to the visuals that feels like it was filmed decades ago… in a good, “classical Hollywood” way. After finding something beyond the uncanny Valley in recreating “The Shining” within “Ready Player One” Spielberg seems to have a talent for finding ways to recreate the past that feel innovative:

Directed by Steven Spielberg, with a screenplay by Tony Kushner, with music by Leonard Bernstein, and cinematography by Janusz Kamiński, “West Side Story” will be released in theaters on December 10th, 2021.