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THE GREAT GATSBY ANIMATED - You may have read or at least heard of the classic novel “The Great Gatsby” by the American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the 1920’s Jazz Age on Long Island, New York’ the story is about a young man’s interactions with mysterious multi-millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby’s obsession to reunite with his former lover, a young woman named Daisy Buchanan. There have been adaptations for television and film, the most recent starring Leonardo DiCaprio. And it has been recently announced that a full-length animated version is in the works to be directed by writer-illustrator and Academy award winner Bill Joyce who lives and works in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. I asked Joyce about why he chose “Gatsby” for this project.
Great Gatsby for the screen. His books include
Wonderstruck, The Marvels, and
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, the last of which was adapted into Martin Scorsese’s 2011 feature
Hugo.
In a statement, Joyce gave a sense of how he envisions his film:
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.
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DNEG Feature Animation has partnered with filmmaker, writer and illustrator William Joyce and novelist, screenwriter and illustrator Brian Selznick on the project
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