Netflix releases first stills from Leonard Bernstein biopic ‘Maestro’
By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Netflix has launched the primary pictures from its upcoming movie “Maestro”, based mostly on the lifetime of legendary composer Leonard Bernstein and starring Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan.
Cooper performs Bernstein and Mulligan stars as stage and TV actor Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein, the spouse of the late conductor. The streamer on Monday shared 4 footage from the set of “Maestro” on social media which hint the lifetime of a younger Bernstein (Cooper) together with his spouse Felicia (Mulligan). The stills additionally showcase Cooper as an aged Bernstein as he conducts an orchestra.
According to Netflix, “Maestro” will chronicle 30 years of Bernstein’s life who rose to fame after he was tasked with conducting the New York Philharmonic when he was 25. His profession skyrocketed when he wrote and composed the music for the long-lasting Steven Spielberg movie “West Side Story”.
The film portrays a love story between Leonard and Felicia from after they met in 1946 and thru a 25-year marriage and three youngsters: Jamie Bernstein, Alexander Bernstein and Nina Bernstein Simmons.
From the set of Maestro pic.twitter.com/RFSZb1aX1i
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“Maestro” additionally marks Cooper’s first directorial effort since 2018’s “A Star Is Born”, one other movie on a musical artist through which he additionally starred.
The upcoming movie additionally stars Maya Hawke and Matt Bomer and encompasses a script co-written by Cooper and Academy Award-winning scribe Josh Singer of “Spotlight” fame.
“Maestro” is produced by Cooper, Martin Scorsese, Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Fred Berner, and Amy Durning. Netflix has but to announce a launch date for the movie.
