Steven Spielberg Is Remaking West Side Story

Prolific film director Steven Spielberg is reportedly going to remake West Side Story - the beloved Broadway musical that first got a big screen adaptation back in 1961.

While Steven has had the rights to West Side Story for 15 years, and has reportedly wanted to shoot a remake for “decades”, the project is only now moving ahead.

A script is currently being written (by Tony Kushner, who wrote Lincoln) and - once it’s ready to go - the film will be a co-production between Fox and MGM.

Spielberg has never directed a musical before, and it’s unknown whether he’s planning on keeping the songs in West Side Story, or leaving them out.

The story - based on Romeo and Juliet - is set in New York, and sees Tony and Maria (from rival gangs the White Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks) fall in love.

You can remind yourself of one of the most famous songs here:

Will you be happy to see a new West Side Story? Or do you wish that Hollywood would stop pumping out remakes? Let us know in the comments!