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ForSteven Spielberg, movie musicals are a one-and-done deal.
The famed director, 75, attended an annual breakfast event ahead of the 2022 Producers Guild of America Awards on Saturday, where he said thatWest Side Storywill be the only musical he ever directs,Varietyreported.
Spielberg — who isup for Best Director at this year’s Academy Awards— noted that he will still produce several future movie musicals, however, the outlet added.
Currently, Spielberg is co-producing the movie musical adaptation ofThe Color Purple, which hasFantasia BarrinoandDanielle Brooksset to star. Spielberg previously directed the 1985 film adaptation of the Alice Walker novel of the same name.
Alongside a nomination at this year’s Oscars ceremony, Spielberg’sWest Side Storyalso earned him anod for best director at the 2022 Golden Globes, as well as a best director nomination at the Critics' Choice Awards.
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West Side Storyfollows Maria and Tony, two star-crossed lovers who fall on opposite sides of a forbidden romance in 1957 New York.
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Spielberg had previously spoken openly about wanting to direct a musical throughout the years, explaining in the past that it was one of the film genres he had yet to focus on.
“Over the last 40 years of my career, if not longer, I always said a musical was the one thing I haven’t done,” Spielberg said in an interview withYahoo! Entertainmentcorrespondent Kevin Polowy in 2021. “The thing I neglected to say, which I’ve never done, and the one genre that I haven’t really tackled yet, is the Western.”
“So, who knows, maybe I’ll be putting on spurs someday,” he continued, before adding that he has “a few in development right now, but who’s to say which one’s gonna spring to the forefront.”
source: people.com
