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Speaking to
The Hollywood Reporter, Hirst explained the relevance of the text for a 2021 audience, promising to deliver a more modern take on the subject matter: Today, as America seeks to reinvent itself once again, is the perfect moment to look with new eyes at this timeless story, to explore its famous and iconic characters through the modern lens of gender, race and sexual orientation, he said. Fitzgerald s profoundly romantic vision does not prevent him examining and exposing the darker underbelly of the American experience, which is why the story speaks to both tragedy and hope, and why it continues to resonate today.
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Washington [US], January 27 (ANI): Popular novel 'The Great Gatsby' is coming to television! Screenwriter and producer Michael Hirst is working on a TV series based on the iconic novel.
Vikings Creator Michael Hirst Adapting The Great Gatsby at A+E
After receiving multiple big-screen adaptations since its 1925 publishing, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s
The Great Gatsby is finally making its way to the small screen as
Vikings creator Michael Hirst has signed on to develop a series iteration at A+E Studios and ITV Studios America, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Set in the Roaring Twenties on Long Island, the story of Fitzgerald’s celebrated novel centers on narrator Nick Carraway as he begins building a friendship with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and learns of his obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The series adaptation will further explore New York’s Black community and musical subculture during the time period, with Columbia University’s William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American studies Farah Jasmine Griffin serving as a consultant on the series, working directly with Hirst