Disney’s ‘West Side Story’ Remake Pitch To Leonard Bernstein Failed — Thankfully

Ex-Disney boss Jeffrey Katzenberg once tried to sell Leonard Bernstein on a “West Side Story” remake that was, ahem, less than purr-fect, according to a director. It was “West Side Story” with cats! Katzenberg, the DreamWorks co-founder who chaired Disney for a decade until 1994, sent “Lilo & Stitch” co-writer and director Christopher Sanders to pitch the maestro, the director said in a Wednesday interview with Vulture. Advertisement “Former Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg once flew me out to New York City because he wanted us to do ‘West Side Story’ with cats,” Sanders recalled. “I [story]boarded this huge sequence where… Read Full Article