‘Maestro’: What To Know About The Leonard Bernstein Biopic

One of the astir anticipated movies for adjacent twelvemonth is Maestro. The caller movie volition be Bradley Cooper’s second directorial effort, and connected the heels of his debut with A Star is Born, it’s definite to beryllium a hit! The currently-unrated biopic is based connected the beingness of famed composer Leonard Bernstein, and since Bradley received truthful galore Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for his archetypal movie, there’s surely a batch of buzz for Maestro to beryllium a superior awards play contender. Before it hits theaters, here’s everything that we astatine HollywoodLife know astir the movie including the plot, cast, unit and more!

Bradley not lone directs but stars arsenic the pb Leonard Bernstein successful the movie. (Jason McDonald/Netflix)

Where and When To Watch

While Bradley and institution person been hard astatine enactment connected the caller movie, there’s inactive a batch of clip earlier fans tin cheque it out! The movie volition beryllium disposable connected Netflix, but it astir apt won’t beryllium retired until astatine slightest autumn 2023. Bradley revealed that it apt wouldn’t beryllium disposable until past successful a June occurrence of the Smartless podcast. “It won’t travel retired until the autumn of [2023], I think,” helium said. Unfortunately, there’s nary confirmed merchandise date, but if it does driblet successful the fall, it volition person plentifulness of clip for viewers to cheque it retired arsenic galore award-show-ready films premiere successful the fall, and it whitethorn beryllium a superior contender for the Oscars successful March 2023.

Cast & Crew

Besides directing, Bradley volition besides play the starring relation of Leonard Bernstein. The composer was 1 of the large philharmonic icons of the 20th century. Born successful Massachusetts successful 1918, Leonard composed a fig of beloved philharmonic pieces passim his beingness until his decease astatine property 72 successful 1990. He’s champion well-known for penning the euphony for West Side Story, but helium besides composed 3 symphonies and galore much songs.

Carey Mulligan stars alongside Bradley arsenic Bernstein’s wife. (Jason McDonald/Netflix)

Besides Bradley, Never Let Me Go actress Carey Mulligan will prima alongside him arsenic Leonard’s wife Felicia Montealegre. Leonard and the histrion were joined from 1951 until her decease from lung crab astatine property 56 successful 1978. Magic Mike actor Matt Bomer was besides reported to play Leonard’s person successful March 2022, via Variety. While details astir Matt’s quality are scarce, sources reportedly told the outlet that he’d beryllium playing a instrumentalist that the composer had a abbreviated fling with.

Matt and Bradley movie a country successful New York City. (Steve Sands/NewYorkNewswire/Bauer-Griffin/Shutterstock)

Many different large celebrities person been formed arsenic members of the Bernstein family. Sarah Silverman was reported to beryllium joining the formed arsenic Leonard’s younger sister Shirley in June 2022, per Deadline. Stranger Things actress Maya Hawke is acceptable to play Leonard and Felicia’s girl Jamie, while up-and-coming actor Sam Nivola, who precocious starred in White Noise, volition play her brother Alexander. It’s not presently known if determination volition beryllium an histrion playing Leonard’s different daughter Nina. 

Sarah Silverman and Maya Hawke some joined the formed arsenic Bernstein’s sister and daughter, respectively. (Christopher Peterson / SplashNews/Bertrand-Hillion Marie-Paola/ABACA/Shutterstock)

Who Is the Creative Team?

As mentioned above, Maestro will beryllium Bradley’s 2nd directorial effort. Besides serving arsenic the director, Bradley volition besides beryllium a shaper on with 3 different large directors: Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Todd Phillips. Bradley revealed that Steven had primitively planned to direct, but helium offered him the movie aft speaking with the Silver Linings Playbook star and seeing A Star is Born. Bradley opened up astir wanting to nonstop and asking the legendary manager for the accidental successful a January 2022 quality connected The Late Show. “[Spielberg] happened to cognize that I had this obsession with conducting,” helium said, and helium revealed what the manager told him portion watching his archetypal movie: “You’re f**king directing Maestro.”

While a fig of movie icons person shaper credits, Bradley co-wrote the publication for the movie with Josh Singer. Josh is nary alien to humanities biopics. He was besides a writer for Spotlight and The Post, both of which helium besides produced.

Plot Details

The movie focuses connected the beingness of Leonard Bernstein. (Everett/Shutterstock)

While there’s truthful overmuch to screen successful Leonard Bernstein’s life, it’s intolerable to acceptable it each successful 1 picture, the movie is reportedly going to absorption connected his narration with his woman and children, including 2 antithetic engagements, and raising their children. “The analyzable emotion of Leonard and Felicia, from the clip they met successful 1946 astatine a enactment and continuing done 2 engagements, a 25 twelvemonth marriage, and 3 children,” the crippled statement says connected IMDb.

Given the clip that the mates archetypal met and erstwhile Felicia died, the movie volition surely springiness glimpses into the precocious composer’s work. Since West Side Story debuted successful 1957, it seems apt that the movie volition see his enactment connected the Broadway musical. Some of Leonard’s different large works that volition hopefully beryllium portrayed successful the movie see the people for On The Waterfront in 1954, arsenic good arsenic his symphonies “Chichester Psalms” (1965) and “Serenade After Plato’s ‘Symposium'” (1954). Until the trailer gets released, thing tin beryllium known for definite which of the famed composer’s works volition marque the chopped though!

Filming Details

The movie has been a agelong clip coming, with antithetic directors attached astatine antithetic points passim the development, until Steven Spielberg gave the task to The Hangover star. Bradley announced that the movie would commencement filming successful May 2022 during an “Actors On Actors” speech successful January of that twelvemonth with Variety. The first photos of him successful costume arsenic the legendary composer were besides released In May, showing his implicit translation into the famed musician. Photos of Bradley and Matt filming a kissing scene were released successful June.

While overmuch of Leonard’s large vocation events took spot successful New York, the movie was filmed some successful the U.S. and Europe. Bradley explained a rundown of the docket successful the above-mentioned Smartless podcast. “We started shooting successful Massachusetts, past New York, past East Hampton, past we instrumentality a break, and past we spell to Italy for 3 weeks, and past we extremity successful London,” helium said. The movie is successful post-production arsenic of September 2022, per IMDb.