Baz Luhrmann's prepping "The Great Gatsby"

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Maybe with Leonard DiCaprio, Amanda Seyfried, and Tobey Maguire?

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/10/01/baz-luhrmann-prepping-the-great-gatsby-with-leonardo-dicaprio-tobey-maguire-and-amanda-seyfried/

Baz Luhrmann Prepping ‘The Great Gatsby’ with Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Amanda Seyfried?


To answer my own question: yes and, quite possibly, no. We’ve known for some time that a new version of The Great Gatsby was on Baz Luhrmann’s plate, along with a couple of other pictures like a historical epic, another musical, possibly with Slumdog Millionaire score composer A.R. Rahmann.

Now Mr. Luhrmann says he’s got scripts for both Gatsby and the musical set to go, and will be deciding between them over the next six weeks. Rumored casting for Gatsby is pretty serious: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Amanda Seyfried.

The casting rumor list comes via Production Weekly, while MTV talked to the director at the premiere of The Social Network. He said,


"I’ve got two [pictures] going. One is a musical and one is a period work, both based in New York City, and I’m about to make that decision. I’ve got the script for both of them and I’m making that decision in four to six weeks, no longer than six weeks…’Gatsby,’ it is the Fitzgerald book and I’ve been working on that quite a lot. The other one is also New York based and music-driven and it’s just a question of … what is the next right step for me."


He wouldn’t comment on casting, saying that the text is always primary and then casting comes afterward. “Obviously there are natural choices and there is a natural top of the list, but I really refuse to say anything until we have text right.”

PWeekly’s tweet pegs the rumored casting as Leonardo DiCaprio for Jay Gatsby, Tobey Maguire for Nick Carraway and Amanda Seyfried for Daisy Buchanan. I’d expect something of that scale for a big lit adaptation like this one, but that said don’t take that list too seriously just yet. Check back in two months down the road, and if Baz Luhrmann truly decides to go with Gatsby (seems like the solid choice) then maybe some of those actors will bite.

Don't know too much about Luhrmann, but I like the sound of the possible cast, even though I feel like Seyfried (despite that I like her an actress) may be a little too young for the role.

I have read the book and seen the 1971 film. I hope it gets made with DiCaprio and Maguire though.

 

[Excel]

I was just going to say either Leo (if they go younger route) or Brad Pitt will play Gatsby.

I would love to see this made. Seyfried, though?????

 

[Deaths Head II]

Baz Luhrmann seems like a good enough director from what I've seen from him but I don't know if The Great Gatsby can translate well to film.

I think Leo would make a good Gatsby. Brad Pitt would be good too but that would be two titular roles based on a F. Scott Fitzgerald work.

 

[terry78]

The book itself is basically one big metaphor for how the life you have may not be as bad as you think compared to what you want. It could be interesting if he can pull off the visuals regarding various scenes.

 

[Bim]

Very intrigued in seeing how Baz goes about this one, could be very cool if he does it right.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Luhrmans a great director, perhaps not the best writer (australia, lookin at you)