Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Maestro, which is directed, co-written, produced by and stars Bradley Cooper.
Cooper wrote the Maestro script with Spotlight Oscar winner Josh Singer. The former plays legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein as the Netflix film tells the complex love story of Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Carey Mulligan) — a story that spans more than 30 years.
Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Josh Hamilton, Scott Ellis, Gideon Glick, Sam Nivola, Alexa Swinton and Miriam Shor also star.
Maestro world premiered to a nearly 10-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival, going on to play at New York, London and AFI.
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