THE GREAT GATSBY Is Getting an Animated Feature Film Adaptation
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby is getting another feature film adaptation, but this one will be an animated version. The project will be directed by William Joyce, and the animation work will be produced by the feature animation arm of VFX house DNEG, who worked onTenet.
Joyce is the director of the 2011 Academy Award-winning short film The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. He has also worked as a writer and executive producer on other films based on his books, including Epic, Rise of the Guardians and Meet the Robinsons.
Joyce is also currently working with DNEG Feature Animation on another original animated short titled Mr. Spam Gets a New Hat, which is being created using virtual production techniques. The virtual production being used will also be incorporated into the making of The Great Gatsby. Joyce said in a statement:
“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.”
The script for the adaptation will be written by Brian Selznick, who wrote and illustrated the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
The most recent adaptation of The Great Gatsby was released in 2016. The movie was directed by Baz Luhrmann and starred Leonardo DeCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan. There’s also a TV series adaption currently in development.
Source: THR