According to Deadline, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story remake has cast over 40 performers to portray the Sharks and Jets, the rival gangs at the center of the story.
West Side Story is largely based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and features a star-crossed romance between Tony and Maria.
The feature film adaptation was helmed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins on its way to 10 Academy Awards.
Spielberg, Kevin McCollum, and Kristie Macosko Krieger will produce the film musical, which will be released by Twentieth Century Fox.