Netflix has acquired an untitled "Leonard Bernstein" biopic that Bradley Cooper will direct and star in from a screenplay he co-wrote, to be produced by Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Todd Phillips, setting a 2021 production start:
Spielberg is currently in post-production on a reboot of 'gang musical' "West Side Story", using Bernstein's music from the original film.
"...the new film will focus on the 30-year relationship between Bernstein and his wife Chilean-born actress 'Montealegre', his conducting debut at the New York Philharmonic at age 25...
"...his blacklisting as a communist, then being cleared before he composed the Oscar-nominated score for 'On the Waterfront'...
"...followed by a rousing and tragic score for 'The Great Escape', topped by 'West Side Story', his activism in the civil rights movement and outspoken views on ending the Vietnam War..."
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