'Burnt' actor
Bradley Cooper will star and direct the biographical film on iconic composer Leonard Bernstein. According to a report, the 43-year-old actor will also produce the film along with
Fred Berner
,
Amy Durning
,
Kristie Macosko Krieger,
Steven Spielberg and
Martin Scorsese.
The film's script will be penned by Cooper and
Josh Singer. This is the second project which will be based on the life of Bernstein as actor
Jake Gyllenhaal is also going the portray the composer in the film 'The American'.
'True Detective' helmer Cary Fukunaga is directing the film with Gyllenhaal producing.
Bernstein rose to fame after he was tasked with conducting the New York Philharmonic at the age of 25. His career skyrocketed when he wrote and composed the music for the iconic film 'West Side Story'.
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