WEST SIDE STORY On Its Way

 "Something's Coming" is a song from the classic Broadway score and the 1961 Oscar-winning film adaptation of WEST SIDE STORY. To me, the 1961 movie is a work of film art. "Something's Coming" also applies to the soon-to-be seen new version of WEST SIDE STORY from famed director Steven Spielberg. It was scheduled to open last year, but was held back because of pandemic. The new version hits screens early next month. The extraordinary Rita Moreno, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her powerful performance in the original, is in Spielberg's remake. She does the role of the shop owner. He was "Doc" in the original, played by Ned Glass. Moreno is also one of the remake's producers. She had script input in sections that, from what I've heard, were a bit too Caucasian for Puerto Rican characters to be saying. Here's a trailer for Spielberg's WEST SIDE STORY.

Here's what the studio is calling a "sneak peek."

My wish is that Rita Moreno has such a good role and is so terrific in the remake that she gets a second Oscar nomination for WEST SIDE STORY. What wonderful Hollywood history that would be.

Steven Spielberg's version is scheduled to open on December 10th.