Baz Luhrmann to Direct ‘The Great Gatsby’ Remake
Baz Luhrmann Director of Moulin Rouge! and Australia will helm another remake of The Great Gatsby.
Baz Luhrmann is now looking to redo the novel into a movie once more, as he just purchased the right to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book. No script has been written, but we’re hoping this time they stay true to the novel.
So why now to do the remake? Luhrmann says that he sees story as a wake-up call as the economy comes crashing down and another gilded age, as he sees it, comes to an end.
He says, “If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, ‘You’ve been drunk on money,’ they’re not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they’d be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we’ve been, and ‘The Great Gatsby’ can provide that explanation.”
Sounds like it could be very interesting with his stylistic spin on it.
Source: Hollyscoop
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