Quinto to play Spielberg's Gershwin
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Quinto to play Spielberg's Gershwin
Monday, February 1 2010, 5:20am EST
By Simon Reynolds, Movies Editor
Zachary Quinto has reportedly been cast as George Gershwin in Steven
Spielberg's biopic of the famed composer.
The Star Trek actor will lead the cast of the Dreamworks feature,
which will tell how Gershwin and his brother Ira were responsible for
more than a dozen Broadway shows, including Strike Up The Band, Funny
Face and Show Girl.
Gershwin passed away in 1937 at the age of 38 following surgery to
treat a brain tumour. He received a posthumous Oscar nomination for
his song 'They Can't Take That Away From Me', which featured in Fred
Astaire/Ginger Rogers musical Shall We Dance.
Doug Wright wrote the script for the untitled Gershwin movie, which is
one of three projects Spielberg is considering directing this year.