'The Great Gatsby' Musical Soundtrack Will Be Written By Florence Welch Of Florence + The Machine
Grammy nominated rock star Florence Welch (from Florence + The Machine) is writing the soundtrack for the upcoming The Great Gatsby musical.
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'The Great Gatsby' Is Becoming An Animated Movie Now
The feature animation arm of VFX house DNEG, behind the VFX for Tenet, is developing The Great Gatsby animated movie based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel.
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Prepare Yourself, Old Sport: A Reimagined 'The Great Gatsby' TV Series Is In Development
The literary classic is being reimagined in a new, big-budget The Great Gatsby TV series which will "explore New York's Black community in the 1920s".
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The Morning Watch: Warner Bros. Movie Prop Warehouse, Zachary Levi's Man Cave & More
Take a tour of the massive, packed Warner Bros movie prop warehouse full of iconic film pieces, check out Zachary Levi's man cave, and more.
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'Gatz': A 'Great Gatsby' Origin Series Featuring A Young, Hot, Mixed-Race Gatsby Is Coming To YouTube Premium
Jay Gatsby, the titular tragic figure of F. Scott Fitzgerald's indictiment of American decadence, is getting a YouTube Premium origin series called Gatz.
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Angie's Most Anticipated Films Of 2013 Revisited: My Hits And Misses
No year in cinema ever shapes up exactly the way we'd expect. In fact, it'd be boring if one did. Still, when faced with the promise of a whole new year of movies, I can't help try and predict which ones I'll love or hate. I put my best guesses in list form last year,…
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Read Many Of 2013's Best Screenplays, From '12 Years A Slave' To 'The Wolf Of Wall Street'
If you're both 1) desperate for some distraction from the holiday hubbub and 2) eager to get a leg up on the rest of your office for the annual Oscar pool, here's a way to kill two birds with one stone. Over thirty screenplays for some of 2013's top films have just been made available,…
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Watch A Terrific Effects Reel For 'The Great Gatsby'
Baz Luhrmann's films have become increasingly reliant on digital effects over the years, and his recent adaptation of The Great Gatsby is a massive confection of digital imagery and practical photography. Sometimes the blend is seamless, other times less so, but Luhrmann consistently uses digital effects to create a vision of New York City that…
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/Filmcast Ep. 227 - The Great Gatsby (GUEST: Joanna Robinson From Pajiba)
Dave, Devindra, and Joanna from Pajiba discuss the brilliance of Upstream Color, the unevenness of Baz Luhrmann's filmography, and how The Mindy Project found its groove. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Download or Play Now in your Browser: Subscribe to the /Filmcast: SHOWNOTES What We've Been Watching…
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Watch A Single Movie Trailer For (Almost) All The Major Releases Of Summer 2013
Trailers! Who has time to watch them all? There are something like forty wide releases due out this summer alone. If you assume each trailer runs about two minutes, that's about an hour and half of your life you'll never get back. That's time you could've spent actually watching one of these movies. If you…
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'The Great Gatsby' Trailer: Party 'Til You Drop
Though Fergie's contribution to the The Great Gatsby soundtrack insists that "a little party never killed nobody," anyone who's read the book will know that's not exactly how things turn out for Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his pals. But until the consequences come, you can bet they'll take her suggestion to "dance until we…
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See The Only Remaining Footage From Silent 1926 'Great Gatsby'
Baz Luhrmann will be the latest filmmaker to try to put his stamp on The Great Gatsby when his Jay Z-scored, Leonardo DiCaprio-starring 3D confection hits theaters next month. But he's far from the first to try and translate the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic to the big screen. Just one year after the original novel…
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'The Great Gatsby' International Trailer: "Is All This Made Entirely From Your Own Imagination?"
This short UK trailer for Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby puts the focus on the (possibly) manufactured nature of Gatsby's life and persona. That was a big part of the last full trailer, too, but here the aim more than ever is to show the personal nature of the conflict between Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) and…
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'The Great Gatsby' Trailer: Leonardo DiCaprio Is The Ultimate Self-Made Man
A week's worth of new posters have paved the way for The Great Gatsby's latest trailer, which shows off quite a bit of new footage. In contrast to the earlier trailers, which played up the heady party atmosphere of the 1920s, this one emphasizes the fiery passions that drive the Baz Luhrmann-directed tale. Specifically, it delves…
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New Posters: 'The Great Gatsby,' 'This Is The End' And 'Pain & Gain'
The latest films from Baz Luhrmann, Michael Bay and Seth Rogen all have new posters out today. There's The Great Gatsby, Luhrmann's 3D epic starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire, out May 10. Then there's Pain & Gain, Michael Bay's return to "small" films, starring Dwayne Johnson, Mark Wahlberg and Anthony Mackie, which…
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'The Great Gatsby' Gets Six Character Posters And Two TV Spots
Originally slated for Christmas 2012, Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby is now preparing to make a splash as a summer release this May. It's been fairly quiet on the marketing front for the past few months, but that's changing with the new release date just around the corner. A new series of character posters featuring…
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Leonardo DiCaprio Ready To Take A "Long, Long Break" From Acting
Leonardo DiCaprio hasn't even hit his forties yet, but he's already been working steadily for over two decades. The past year's seen him busier than ever, shooting roles in Django Unchained, The Great Gatsby, and The Wolf of Wall Street. You can hardly blame the guy, then, for craving a bit of a break. In…
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Final 'Great Gatsby' Posters Feature Carey Mulligan As Daisy And Leonardo DiCaprio As, Of Course, Gatsby
Along with the glitzy second trailer, Warner Bros. has also revealed the last two character posters from Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby. As expected, they feature Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby himself and Carey Mulligan as his lifelong obsession Daisy. Check them out after the jump. [gallery order="DESC" columns="2" orderby="title"] [via Film School Rejects] It's obvious…
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'The Great Gatsby' Trailer: Jay Gatsby Narrates His History As An American Icon
Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby was once set to be released right about now, but the film was pushed off the December 2012 calendar and into a new date in May 2013. By the time the film hits, the first trailer for the film will be a year old. But now we've got…
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Tobey Maguire's Nick And Elizabeth Debicki's Jordan Take The Spotlight In New 'The Great Gatsby' Character Posters
Only time will tell how Baz Luhrmann's ostentatious modern sensibilities will mesh with F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jazz Age classic The Great Gatsby, but if nothing else, the film seems to have the characters down pat. Yesterday, we got posters for two key figures from The Great Gatsby: Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton) and Myrtle Wilson (Isla Fisher). Today, Warner Bros. has…
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First 'The Great Gatsby' Character Posters Feature Joel Edgerton And Isla Fisher As Adulterous Duo Tom And Myrtle
Just in time for its former Christmas 2012 release date, Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby is beginning its marketing push for a late spring release. Warner Bros. has just released two stylish character posters featuring Tom (Joel Edgerton) and Myrtle (Isla Fisher). And if your recall of 11th grade English is failing you, that's okay…
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Spot The Changes In A (Slightly) Revised Trailer For 'The Great Gatsby'
Warner Bros. pushed back the release of Baz Luhrmann's new version of The Great Gatsby from December to May 10, 2013, exiting this year's crowded awards race and giving Luhrmann more time to tinker with the film's soundtrack and big-ticket special effects. Now there's a new trailer for the film -- or, to be specific,…
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'The Great Gatsby' Pushed From Christmas 2012 To Summer 2013
The year-end prestige movie season was looking especially thick this year, with Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Tom Hooper's Les Misérables, Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty, and Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained all clamoring for a piece of the box office. As of today, however, one filmmaker who'll be sitting out that bloodthirsty competition…
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'The Great Gatsby' Trailer - Baz Lurhmann And Leonardo DiCaprio Tackle The Ultimate American Tale
Ask anyone with even a passing familiarity of contemporary literature what the Great American Novel is, and you're bound to hear the name The Great Gatsby more a few times. First published in 1924, F. Scott Fitzgerald's best loved work captured the zeitgeist of the country in the glittering '20s, as well as the timeless elation…
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CinemaCon Reactions: 'The Dark Knight Rises', 'The Hobbit' In 48fps 3D, Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby'
Tuesday morning at CinemaCon, Warner Bros held their big presentation outlining their film releases for the rest of 2012. Filmmakers and stars presented exclusive unseen footage, trailers and sizzle reels. We screened a five minute tonal sizzle reel for Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, 10 minutes of selected cuts from Peter Jackson's The Hobbit' in 48 frames per second 3D, Baz…
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First Official Look: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan And Joel Edgerton In 'The Great Gatsby'
After a healthy crop of spy pics have shown up showing Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan in costume for Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, here are the first official shots from Warner Bros. They certainly look good, but it would be difficult not to with a $100m+ budget and that cast. Take a…
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First Look: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan And Tobey Maguire In Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby'
Certain movies are rumored and talked about for so long it's kind of surreal to actually see them in production. Among the films on that long and distinguished list might be Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby. For well over a year, the film was set to star Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire as Gatsby and…
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