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This new adaptation comes from directorWilliam Joyce(The Cask of Amontillado) and writerBrian Selznick(Wonderstruck). The pair will team with DNEG Feature Animation, mostly known for their visual effects work (Tenet); Joyce will serve as producer alongside DNEG Senior VP Creative ProductionDavid PrescottandMichael Siegel(The Witches). This creative team boasts “new methodologies” in animation in this take, ones they’re currently cultivating on the short film “Mr. Spam Gets a New Hat.”
Joyce said this about his upcoming adaptation:
“Gatsby continues to cast a powerful spell over readers unlike any other book in American letters. Much of the power of Gatsby comes from the enchantment of Fitzgerald’s prose. He created a vivid dreamscape that, to some degree, has eluded filmmakers since the silent era. The previous film versions were constrained by live-action, but innovative animation could finally realize the elusive quality of the novel.”
This will mark the fifth theatrical feature film adaptation ofF. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, after a now-lost 1926 film starringWarner Baxter, a 1949 film starringAlan Ladd, a 1974 film starringRobert Redford, and a 2013 film starringLeonardo DiCaprio. Is this new version simply an opportunistic jump on the novel’s recent public domain status? Or the animated form finally reveal what we need to reveal about this novel’s inherent beauty on the screen? And how will it stack up against the more revisionist,Watchmen-esque TV series in development?
Check out this piece of artwork related to this new animatedGreat Gatsbyfilm below; not only is it a lovely piece based on the iconic novel cover, but I hope it’s the style of artwork we’ll see in the film.
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