NBC’s New The Great Gatsby TV Show Gets a Gender-Swapped Twist
The project reimagines F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel as a modern procedural with a female Nick Carraway and a New York State Police detective.
- NBC is developing a modern-day police procedural titled 'Gatsby,' based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel, according to Deadline. The series reimagines the literary classic as a contemporary crime drama.
- Mirroring the trend of adapting public domain literature into episodic dramas, the series reflects how 'Elementary' reinterpreted Sherlock Holmes for modern audiences. The novel entered the public domain in 2021, enabling fresh adaptations.
- The premise features Detective Jay Gatsby and New York State Police Detective Nicole 'Nicky' Carraway, a gender-swapped character who 'dreams of becoming a writer,' according to the logline. Their contrasting skill sets drive the investigative partnership.
- Writers and executive producers Jake Coburn and Jason Tracey are leading development, bringing their backgrounds in crime procedural television to the project. Coburn recently co-showran 'The Hunting Party,' which ran for 2 seasons.
- Universal Television is producing the series, which remains in early development at NBC with no announced production schedule or pilot order. Cast, premiere date, and production timeline have not been disclosed.
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NBC Plans "Great Gatsby" Police Procedural
NBC has announced plans for “Gatsby,” a police procedural TV spin on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” according to Deadline. With the original novel entering the public domain in 2021, it sounds like essentially the plan is to do with this what “Elementary” and “Watson” did with the Sherlock Holmes books – turn the […]
NBC’s New The Great Gatsby TV Show Gets a Gender-Swapped Twist
Photo Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures NBC is developing a new series inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby. The upcoming show will reimagine the story as a modern-day police procedural set in New York. It will also introduce a gender-swapped version of one of the novel’s major characters, giving the familiar story a new direction. According to Deadline, the series is titled Gatsby. It will follow a female New York State …
NBC developing modern-day gender-swapped Gatsby police procedural
Well, it’s no God Cop, but we’re getting closer. Deadline reports this afternoon that NBC is developing a series based on The Great Gatsby, simply titled Gatsby, set in the modern day with a gender-swapped Nick Carroway. Also, they’re detectives. Now, you may be wondering what DNA this series will share with F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel beyond one-and-a-half character names. We can’t answer that, though we’ll state the obvious fact that it seems …
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