From: Matthew Arcara
Date: 2012-11-30
To: Paramount Pictures
Title Information
Projected Release Date: May 25, 2013 (North America)
Studio: TBA
Producers: Matthew Arcara, and Martin Scorsese
Writers: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Genre: Drama/Romance
Official Website: www.thegreatgatsby2013.com
Viewing Formats: 3D and 2D(subject to availability)
Budget: $127,000,000
Filming Locations: Toronto, California, and New York
Filming Dates: 1 September 2011 - 4 January 2012
Short Film Summary: An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the prolific world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche way of life, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await those who surround him. The setting is in Los Angeles, and is set in the present time.
Main Cast Johnny Depp - Jay Gatsby Matt Damon - Nick Carraway Jessica Alba - Daisy Buchanan Mila Kunis - Jordan Baker Angelina Jolie - Myrtle Wilson Mark Wahlberg - Tom Buchanan Dave Chappelle - George Wilson Robert Deniro - Meyer Wolfsheim Will Smith - Owl Eyes Ray Liotta - Jay’s Father
Costume Design
The costumes in this adaptation of the film will be very contrary to the previous version of the book. The costumes for the main characters will consist of brand names such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Giorgio Armani. The concept of this is to demonstrate the great wealth and the desire to show the amount of wealth each character has. Jay Gatsby will be the most fashionably dressed of the characters and will wear a great range of coloured suits; the colour aspect of his wardrobe is to show the contrast between his personality and freeness compared to the likes of Tom who is more plainly dressed due to his restricted imagination. Daisy’s character will wear very classy clothes, her wardrobe is to show off her physical beauty without stealing the spotlight, most of her