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Coda, Jockey, Superior among initial wave of deal-making.

While there hasn’t been the usual post-opening weekend torrent of Sundance deals this year, business is getting done and Apple delivered a record $25m buy on feel-good multi-award winnerCODA.

Sundance always has a long tail and deals will trickle in for weeks and months after the event, which officially ends on February 3.

At time of writing buyers were circling Questlove’s documentary Summer Of Soul, Sean Ellis’s werewolf film Eight For Silver, Franz Kanz’s post-shooting massacre drama Mass, and Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.’s thriller Wild Indian, among others.

Filmmaker Steven Spielberg says that he wanted to make a film on the battle against xenophobia and racial prejudice.

That's the reason he decided to reimagine the musical "West Side Story" for the big screen.

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"'West Side Story' was actually the first piece of popular music our family ever allowed into the home. I absconded with it -- this was the cast album from the 1957 Broadway musical -- and just fell completely in love with it as a kid. 'West Side Story' has been that one haunting temptation that I have finally given in to," Spielberg told Vanity Fair.

The classic New York tale tells the story of two lovers -- Maria, a Puerto Rican, whose brother Bernardo is the leader of the "Sharks" street gang and Tony, a former leader of "The Jets", who battled The Sharks.

20th Century Studios has revealed several new photos from Steven Spielberg's West Side Story remake. This was described as a passion project for Spielberg and will be the first time the legendary director has taken on a musical in his impressive career. Now, we have a much better idea of what this new take on the Broadway classic is going to look like, thanks to these images.

The images heavily focus on Baby Driver star Ansel Elgort as Tony, in addition to newcomer Rachel Zegler, who landed the coveted role of Maria. We see the two sharing a romantic moment in one shot, with Maria leading a colorful dance number in another. There are also a couple of shots that tease the gang rivalry at the center of the story. Rita Moreno, who starred in the original movie and is returning in a different role for the remake, is...