EW.com had a couple of pictures from Baz Luhrmann's upcoming adaptation of the Great Gatsby.
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/12/13/great-gatsby-leonardo-dicaprio-carey-mulligan/
Leonardo DiCaprio plays Gatsby, Carey Mulligan is Daisy, Joel Edgerton is Tom Buchanan, and Tobey Maguire is Nick Carraway.
I first read the Great Gatsby in high school, as part of the required reading. I didn't like it that much back then, but when I re-read it again years later as an adult, it left a much better impression. It's a very unsettling book, which I believe is the point, and any good adaptation of it has to capture that uneasiness and underlying tension. I have high hopes for this cast, although with Baz Luhrmann, there's always the danger that the environment will overpower the acting. Let's hope that it's more like Strictly Ballroom than Moulin Rouge (Mr. Y's least favorite movie ever).
moulin rouge is admittedly ridiculous, but i still enjoyed it. i agree with your assessment of the book - i also read it when i was really young the first time and i didn't understand it, it was much more impactful after i read it the second time. i LOVE the movie version with robert redford, mia farrow, and sam waterston, but this cast looks pretty good too. carey mulligan seems perfect - daisy is a difficult character to get right.
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