Variety:

Ansel Elgort has been cast as Tony in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the Broadway musical “West Side Story."

Pulitzer prize winner and Oscar nominee Tony Kushner penned the revival of the 1957 musical, which was originally written by Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim with music by Leonard Bernstein. Spielberg, Kevin McCollum and Kristie Macosko Krieger will produce the movie for Fox. Filming for “West Side Story" is set to begin in the summer of 2019.

I’m not entirely sure why the world needs a West Side Story remake — although Spielberg is an inspired choice to direct — but given than Baby Driver was basically an action-musical to begin with, Elgort is a perfect choice.