The Great Gatsby TV Series In The Works

A few years after Academy Award winner Leonardo DiCaprio played the titular role of Gatsby, another adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is on the way as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. along with the news of the series comes that Vikings creator Michael Hirst is developing a miniseries of the iconic story. Michael Hirst said in a statement,

“I seem to have lived with Gatsby most of my life, reading it first as a schoolboy, later teaching it at Oxford in the 1970s then re-reading it periodically ever since,”

“As the critic Lionel Trilling once wrote: ‘The Great Gatsby is still as fresh as when it first appeared, it has even gained in weight and relevance.’ Today, as America seeks to reinvent itself once again, is the perfect moment to look with new eyes at this timeless story, to explore its famous and iconic characters through the modern lens of gender, race and sexual orientation. Fitzgerald’s profoundly romantic vision does not prevent him examining and exposing the darker underbelly of the American experience, which is why the story speaks to both tragedy and hope, and why it continues to resonate today.” The project has reportedly been in the works for a number of years and is described as a reiminaging as it will be exploring New York’s Black community in the 1920s as well as the musical subculture. It will also be digging deeply “into the hidden lives of its characters through the modern lens of a fractured American dream while also capturing the full majesty of Fitzgerald’s timeless vision.”

Hirst will write the script for the series and executive produce alongside Michael London. The Great Gatsby doesn’t have a home at the moment, but the producers plan on approaching cable and streaming services.


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