Out Of His Comfort Zone

Star Trek reboot's Zachary Quinto is set to play famed composer and pianist George Gershwin a biopic says Deadline Hollywood.

Gershwin composed 1924's instantly recognisable musical composition Rhapsody in Blue along with numerous other orchestral pieces and film scores. He and his brother Ira were responsible for more than a dozen Broadway shows

George died of a brain tumour at 38.

Quinto will receive accent and dialogue training for the role

Doug Wright wrote the script.

Marc Platt and singer/pianist Michael Feinstein will produce the film.

The project is apparently one of three pics Steven Spielberg including the long gestating Lincoln-- is considering as his potential next directing gig.

Filming could begin as early as April/May

Is this what Zach was talking about last week?

Stay tuned to see what Spielberg decides to do...