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It's been a long year for everybody, but slowly, signs of normalcy are starting to return to our world. Projects that have encountered delays are finally coming to fruition. Among those projects is the next work from the great Steven Spielberg. During Sunday night's broadcast of The Oscars, the official teaser trailer for West Side Story debuted.  View the full trailer here: The teaser seems to perfectly capture the 1960s cinematic atmosphere of the original, released in 1961. The music appears to be fairly typical 21st century era movie trailer music, but to me, that is no indication of the kind of music we're sure to get in this film. West Side Story is scheduled to hit theaters on December 10. Brad Monastiere I live in Michigan and have been an unconditional fan of Star Wars and Indiana Jones for decades. Follow me on twitter @bmonastiere The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more.

Spielberg to set for West Side Story Indy V or West Side Story?  That's the question all Spielberg fans are asking right now.  Which movie is he doing next?  Well, it seems to be leaning towards the movie based on the 1957 Broadway musical. The reason we say this, is that a pro-forma casting call has gone out for West Side Story, in particular a new Tony, Maria, Anita and Bernado.  They are looking for people who are ages 15 to 25 and of course must be able to sing and probably not too shabby on their feet. Steven Spielberg will be working with Pulitzer prize winner, Tony Kushner on the script and also recruited Kevin McCollum who worked on the 2009 Broadway revival of the show. Showbiz411.com on the casting call: It’s a pro-forma casting call because, in the end, the new “West Side Story” is going to need stars. Big names. And because of the setting and the time we are in, it’s going to need actual Puerto Ricans or Latinos for the parts of characters l...