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One of the astir anticipated movies of the twelvemonth is Maestro. The caller movie volition be Bradley Cooper’s second directorial effort pursuing the monolithic occurrence of A Star Is Born! The biopic is based connected the beingness of famed composer Leonard Bernstein.
The squad successful beforehand of and down the camera is top-notch, truthful it’s nary astonishment that Maestro already has a batch of awards play buzz. The archetypal trailer, which was released connected August 15, gave a glimpse astatine the unthinkable performances. The footage includes gorgeous achromatic and achromatic scenes earlier seguing into vibrant technicolor. Before it hits theaters and Netflix, here’s a roundup of everything you request to cognize astir Maestro.
Bradley not lone directs but stars arsenic the pb Leonard Bernstein successful the movie. (Jason McDonald/Netflix)
Maestro Release Date
Maestro volition beryllium released successful prime theaters connected November 22, 2023. Nearly a period later, the movie volition beryllium disposable to watercourse connected Netflix. Maestro’s Netflix merchandise day is December 20, 2023.
Back successful June 2022, Bradley was definite Maestro wouldn’t beryllium released until the autumn of 2023. “It won’t travel retired until the autumn of [2023], I think,” helium said connected the Smartless podcast.” The movie’s precocious 2023 merchandise day means Netflix is gearing up for Maestro to beryllium a superior contender for the Oscars successful 2024.
Maestro 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, Promising Young Woman 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 will beryllium playing Leonard’s lover, according to 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. Stranger Things star Maya Hawke volition beryllium playing Leonard and Felicia’s daughter, Jamie. Sam Nivola volition play Leonard and Felicia’s son, Alexander. And Just Like That’s Alexa Swinton volition play Nina Bernstein. Sarah Silverman is acceptable to play Leonard’s sister, Shirley. Additional formed members see Michael Urie arsenic Jerome Robbins, Gideon Glick arsenic Tommy Cothran, and Miriam Shor arsenic Cynthia O’Neal.
Succession prima Jeremy Strong was expected to person a relation successful the film. However, helium had to driblet retired owed to “scheduling conflicts,” according to GQ.
Who Is the Creative Team?
As mentioned above, Maestro will beryllium Bradley’s 2nd directorial effort. He co-wrote the movie with Josh Singer. The film’s producers see Bradley, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Fred Berner, Amy Durning, and Kristie Macosko Krieger. The enforcement producers are Carla Raji, Josh Singer, Bobby Wilhem, Weston Middleton, and Tracey Landon.
Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan connected the acceptable of ‘Maestro.’ (Jason McDonald/Netflix)
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 the movie 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. Bradley revealed what the manager told him portion watching his archetypal movie: “You’re f***ing directing Maestro.”
Plot Details
While there’s truthful overmuch to screen successful Leonard Bernstein’s life, it’s intolerable to acceptable it each successful 1 picture. The film’s authoritative synopsis reads, “Maestro is simply a towering and fearless emotion communicative chronicling the lifelong narration betwixt Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A emotion missive to beingness and art, Maestro astatine its halfway is an emotionally epic portrayal of household and love.”
Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan arsenic Leonard and Felicia. (Jason McDonald/Netflix)
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).
Filming Details
The movie has been a agelong clip coming, with antithetic directors attached astatine antithetic points passim the improvement 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 successful May, showing his implicit translation into the famed musician. Photos of Bradley and Matt filming a kissing scene surfaced 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.
