This is one of the most popular films in music movies, and now Steven Spielberg made a transformation of The Western Story - except this time he is recruiting Latino talent.
Leonard Bernstein's Musical - Shakespeare's original film version of Romeo and Juliet appeared in the world of war-waring groups in New York in 1961 and won 10 Academy Awards, A wave of social change in the fascination of a generation.
In order to remake, Spielberg, in collaboration with the screenwriter Tony Kushner, served as the director of the billionaire who previously won the Academy Awards for Lincoln (2012) and Munich (2005).
Actors director Cindy Tolan made a speech inviting actors aged 15 to 25 to play the roles of Tony, Maria, Anita and Bernardo. Candidates "will be able to sing", dance experience "bonus."
The ad also states that Maria, Anita and Bernardo are Hispanic characters.
In her first film, Puerto Rican Maria was Bernardo, played by actress Natalie Wood and George Chakiris, the son of Greek immigrants.
Anita was played by Puerto Rican Moreno and won an Academy Award for her work.
Westlife Story will be Spielberg's 71-year-old first musical. This is because the genre has undergone some renaissance in American movies.
Last year's reality show "Beauty and the Beast," "The Best Show," and "La Laba 2016" all entered the top 10 records at the box office in North American music history.
"West Side Story" intertwines war belligerents, sharks and jets on Lincoln Square in Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Today, the community is known as the Lincoln Center (Lincoln Center, the most important performing arts venue in the United States). The Metropolitan Opera House was first opened in 1966, and today's condos can sell for millions of dollars.