Break out the Champagne and beads: The Great Gatsby is getting a new adaptation! As first reported by The Hollywood Reporter, A+E Studios and ITV Studios America are partnering on a miniseries adaptation of the classic novel, which just entered the public domain this year. No network is attached to air the miniseries yet, but it promises to be an intriguing take: not only is one of the consulting producers Blake Hazard, a great-granddaughter of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, but the series also promises to expand the narrow scope of the novel, exploring the Black community of New York in the 1920s and the jazz musical subculture.
Billed in the announcement as "a more diverse, inclusive version of Gatsby that better reflects the America we live in," the new series will need just the right cast to set itself apart - and we've got some ideas already! Keep reading...
Billed in the announcement as "a more diverse, inclusive version of Gatsby that better reflects the America we live in," the new series will need just the right cast to set itself apart - and we've got some ideas already! Keep reading...
- 1/27/2021
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
In today’s TV news roundup, BET sets a Tyler Perry special about the Covid-19 vaccine, and Netflix releases trailers for “Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel” and “Ginny & Georgia.”
Dates
Peacock will premiere “Archibald’s Next Big Thing Is Here” on Feb. 18 with all six episodes dropping at once. The show, which centers on Archibald Strutter, a chicken who “yes-and’s” his way through life but has adventures that rarely go as planned, hails from DreamWorks Animation. Created by Tony Hale, the voice cast features Hale, Adam Pally, Jordan Fisher, Chelsea Kane, Casey Wilson, Kari Wahlgren and Rosamund Pike. Watch a trailer below.
BET will air “Covid-19 Vaccine and the Black Community: A Tyler Perry Special” on Jan. 28 at 9 p.m. With a goal to address the public’s concerns about the Covid-19 vaccine, Perry met with Dr. Carlos del Rio and Dr. Kimberly Dyan Manning...
Dates
Peacock will premiere “Archibald’s Next Big Thing Is Here” on Feb. 18 with all six episodes dropping at once. The show, which centers on Archibald Strutter, a chicken who “yes-and’s” his way through life but has adventures that rarely go as planned, hails from DreamWorks Animation. Created by Tony Hale, the voice cast features Hale, Adam Pally, Jordan Fisher, Chelsea Kane, Casey Wilson, Kari Wahlgren and Rosamund Pike. Watch a trailer below.
BET will air “Covid-19 Vaccine and the Black Community: A Tyler Perry Special” on Jan. 28 at 9 p.m. With a goal to address the public’s concerns about the Covid-19 vaccine, Perry met with Dr. Carlos del Rio and Dr. Kimberly Dyan Manning...
- 1/27/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
A television adaptation of The Great Gatsby is in the works. A+E Studios and ITV Studios America are teaming with writer Michael Hirst to develop a single-season dramatic event series based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel. A+E Studios and ITV Studios America will co-produce in association with Groundswell Productions.
Hirst will write the pilot script and executive produce with Groundswell Productions’ Michael London.
The event series is described as a re-imagining of Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, which delves into New York’s African-American community of the time and the vibrant musical subculture developing in the 1920s. Farah Jasmine Griffin, William B. Ransford, a professor of English and comparative literature and African-American studies at Columbia University, serves as consulting producer on the project. The series will explore the hidden lives of its characters through the modern lens of a fractured American dream while also...
Hirst will write the pilot script and executive produce with Groundswell Productions’ Michael London.
The event series is described as a re-imagining of Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, which delves into New York’s African-American community of the time and the vibrant musical subculture developing in the 1920s. Farah Jasmine Griffin, William B. Ransford, a professor of English and comparative literature and African-American studies at Columbia University, serves as consulting producer on the project. The series will explore the hidden lives of its characters through the modern lens of a fractured American dream while also...
- 1/26/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
A TV adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” is in development at A+E Studios and ITV Studios America, the studios announced Tuesday.
“Elizabeth” screenwriter Michael Hirst is set to adapt the iconic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel for the potential series, which does not yet have a network or platform attached to it.
The project is described as a “single season dramatic event series” that is a “re-imagining” of Fitzgerald’s book: “The Great Gatsby” dramatizes for the first time the full expanse of what made the book an American classic by creating a rich history and exploration of the backstories of its larger than life characters, from Nick Carroway’s life in the Midwest and Jay Gatsby’s humble beginnings to Daisy Buchanan’s spoiled early life. “The Great Gatsby” digs deeply into the hidden lives of these characters through the modern lens of a fractured American dream while capturing the...
“Elizabeth” screenwriter Michael Hirst is set to adapt the iconic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel for the potential series, which does not yet have a network or platform attached to it.
The project is described as a “single season dramatic event series” that is a “re-imagining” of Fitzgerald’s book: “The Great Gatsby” dramatizes for the first time the full expanse of what made the book an American classic by creating a rich history and exploration of the backstories of its larger than life characters, from Nick Carroway’s life in the Midwest and Jay Gatsby’s humble beginnings to Daisy Buchanan’s spoiled early life. “The Great Gatsby” digs deeply into the hidden lives of these characters through the modern lens of a fractured American dream while capturing the...
- 1/26/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
The Great Gatsby is coming to television.
A+E Studios and ITV Studios America are teaming with writer Michael Hirst for a big-budget TV series based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel. A network is not yet involved as the co-producers plan on shopping the series to premium cable and streaming outlets.
Envisioned as a closed-ended miniseries, for which Hirst (Elizabeth, The Tudors, Vikings) will pen the script and exec produce alongside Groundswell Productions’ Michael London (Sideways, Milk). Fitzgerald’s estate is also involved as Blake Hazard, a great-granddaughter of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and a trustee of the estate,...
A+E Studios and ITV Studios America are teaming with writer Michael Hirst for a big-budget TV series based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel. A network is not yet involved as the co-producers plan on shopping the series to premium cable and streaming outlets.
Envisioned as a closed-ended miniseries, for which Hirst (Elizabeth, The Tudors, Vikings) will pen the script and exec produce alongside Groundswell Productions’ Michael London (Sideways, Milk). Fitzgerald’s estate is also involved as Blake Hazard, a great-granddaughter of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and a trustee of the estate,...
- 1/26/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Great Gatsby is coming to television.
A+E Studios and ITV Studios America are teaming with writer Michael Hirst for a big-budget TV series based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel. A network is not yet involved as the co-producers plan on shopping the series to premium cable and streaming outlets.
Envisioned as a closed-ended miniseries, for which Hirst (Elizabeth, The Tudors, Vikings) will pen the script and exec produce alongside Groundswell Productions’ Michael London (Sideways, Milk). Fitzgerald’s estate is also involved as Blake Hazard, a great-granddaughter of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and a trustee of the estate,...
A+E Studios and ITV Studios America are teaming with writer Michael Hirst for a big-budget TV series based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel. A network is not yet involved as the co-producers plan on shopping the series to premium cable and streaming outlets.
Envisioned as a closed-ended miniseries, for which Hirst (Elizabeth, The Tudors, Vikings) will pen the script and exec produce alongside Groundswell Productions’ Michael London (Sideways, Milk). Fitzgerald’s estate is also involved as Blake Hazard, a great-granddaughter of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and a trustee of the estate,...
- 1/26/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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