Bradley Cooper's Leonard Bernstein biopic to be backed by Netflix

streaming giant Netflix is all set to produce a Leonard Bernstein biopic starring Brley Cooper. This biopic about music maestro also has an A-list of producers lined up. Re on to kw more details about this story.

Netflix set to produce Bernstein’s biopic

Netflix recently produced Irishman, Marri Story, and Two Popes. All of se projects are major contenders for Oscars this year. w, Netflix is set to produce ar highly anticipated project starring A Star is Born actor Brley Cooper.

Brley Cooper will be once again taking a seat in director’s chair and will also play a le role in this Leonard Bernstein biopic. Before Netflix came into picture, biopic was initially on Paramount’s shoulders. Apart from having an award-winning director and actor, producers of this film are also teworthy.

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lineup for Leonard Bernstein's movie includes Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, and Joker director Todd Phillips. Kristie Macosko from Amblin is also part of this lineup. Brley Cooper has alrey acquired all rights for this biopic from Bernstein estate.

This Brley Cooper starrer and directed biopic will showcase a span of 30 years from life of musical maestro who gave music for films like Candide, Peter Pan, and West Side Story. film will focus on complexities Leonard Bernstein faced in his marri with wife Felicia Montealegre. Brley Cooper has been working closely with Bernstein’s children Jamie, Alexander, and Nina for past few years.

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But Brley Cooper was t first man who h eyes on making a biopic on Bernstein. A project titled American was set to star Jake Gyllenhaal and was reportedly supposed to be directed by Cary Fukunaga on a similar premise. But Cooper’s project secured life rights from Leonard Bernstein Estate.

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