Luhrmann Talks THE GREAT GATSBY

The on-going rumor about another go at F. Scott Fitzgerald’s THE GREAT GATSBY is alive and well. Too bad Hollywood is attempting to top the original. The Oscar winning 1974 version filled with soft lensed close-ups of Redford and Farrow is still sublime. The Nelson Riddle score forever magical.

I’d say anyone would be hard pressed to try to recapture that kind of lightning in a bottle, unless your MOULIN ROUGE director, Baz Luhrmann. MTV News pinned down Luhrmann on the status of the film he’s still pursuing as well as casting rumors. Here’s what the director had to say on THE GREAT GATSBY. 

And on Thursday, Production Weekly tweeted this:

Rumored casting for THE GREAT GATSBY, Leonardo DiCaprio for Jay Gatsby, Tobey Maguire for Nick Carraway & Amanda Seyfried for Daisy Buchanan.

To be truthful, I’m kind of torn on this. On the one side, a remake, or whatever you may call it, is so unnecessary. The idea of DiCaprio and Maguire in this film is fine, but Seyfried? Shame if that casting rumor comes to fruition. On the other side, if the project is green-lit, who better to go forward with it than Luhrmann. Undoubtedly, his wife and collaborator, Oscar winner Catherine Martin will once again serve as Production Designer.

We’ll keep you updated if and when the film begins production.

Source: MTV News