The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Golden Globe nominee Corey Stoll (House of Cards, The Strain, First Man) and Tony nominee Brian d’Arcy James (The Kitchen, The Ferryman, X-Men: Dark Phoenix) have joined Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story adaptation.
West Side Story is also largely based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and it features a star-crossed romance between Tony and a girl named Maria.
Stoll and d’Arcy James join leads Ansel Elgort and newcomer Rachel Zegler.
When the story begins, the tensions between the rival Jets and Sharks gangs led each side to the brink of war.