ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY AND AWARD NEWS  MARCH 16, 2020 Spielberg’s West Side Story: Your First Look The most beautiful sound you’ve ever heard: Vanity Fairis exclusively debuting several new photos from Steven Spielberg’s upcoming West Side Story remake. The Oscar winner’s colorful, dazzling take on what is arguably the greatest American musical promises to be a lot of things: It’s “both a romance and a crime story,” writes Anthony Breznican in the pages of Vanity Fair’s upcoming April issue. “It’s about dreams crashing into reality, young people singing about the promise of their lives ahead—then cutting each other down in bursts of violence. It’s about hope and desperation, pride and actual prejudice, and a star-crossed couple who find love amid it all on the streets of New York.” It sounds, in short, like just the film we need right now, amid a global pandemic that’s only growing more serious by the day. Elsewhere in HWD, Christopher Rosen recaps John Oliver’s last show before signing off for coronavirus hiatus; Joanna Robinson analyzes every detail of the Westworld season three premiere; Jordan Hoffman gives us a much-needed update on how Tom Hanks is recovering after being diagnosed with COVID-19; and Richard Lawson reviews Disney+’s Stargirl, a somewhat welcome burst of nostalgia.

[Fingers Snapping] Steven Spielberg on reimagining the musical that riveted him as a child: West Side Story. READ MORE » One Last Time Before going on his coronavirus-induced hiatus, John Oliver noted once more how inadequate the Trump administration’s response has been: “It seems we’re going to be a little bit on our own here.” READ MORE » Westworld Download Season three of HBO’s sci-fi drama is a soft reboot packed with allusions to the shows season one premiere. READ MORE » Get Well Soon, Tom Hanks “Thanks to the Helpers. Let’s take care of ourselves and each other,” the beloved actor and typewriter-enthusiast tweeted. READ MORE » Quirky Case Study There is something curiously soothing about Stargirl, Disney+’s film about an archetypal manic pixie dream girl.