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NBC developing gender-swapped Gatsby police procedural

NBC is adapting The Great Gatsby as a modern detective drama with Jay Gatsby and a female Nick Carraway.

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What to know

  • NBC is adapting The Great Gatsby as a contemporary police procedural with gender-swapped protagonists: Det. Jay Gatsby and Det. Nicole "Nicky" Carraway, a detective-turned-writer.
  • The adaptation capitalizes on Gatsby entering the public domain, part of a broader trend of networks adapting classic literature with modern twists.
  • Early social media reaction expresses concern about significant departures from the source material and character changes.
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The adaptation strays too far from the source material and makes unwelcome changes to core characters.

  • “my first thought was "what the actual fuck" and my second thought was "oh cool they're straightwashing it."”

    GuiltyEidolon · Reddit ↗

Jake Coburn Writer and executive producerJason Tracey Writer and executive producerNBC Network

NBC developing gender-swapped Gatsby police procedural
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    A.V. Club details gender-swapped adaptation and public domain timing

    A.V. Club notes the adaptation enters a crowded landscape of public-domain IP adaptations, observing it's easier to get series greenlit with recognizable IP names. Jason Tracey, one of the showrunners, previously executive produced all seven seasons of Elementary, a gender-bent Sherlock Holmes police procedural.

    “it seems far easier to get something greenlit in the current media ecosystem if it has some tie to IP. We imagine it's even easier if that IP entered the public domain within the past few years.”
    — A.V. Club
    1. 1 outlet NBC developing modern-day gender-swapped Gatsby police procedural

      first by AV Club, 14d ago

    • andrewducker@mastodon.scot

      Link Post: NBC is developing a series based on The Great Gatsby set in the modern day with a gender-swapped Nick Carroway. Also, they’re detectives. https://www. avclub.com/nbc-gatsby-police-p rocedural

      andrewducker@mastodon.scotMastodon14d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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    • Exactly my first thought. Well, no, my first thought was "what the actual fuck" and my second thought was "oh cool they're straightwashing it."

      GuiltyEidolonr/television14d agoview on r/television ↗
    • vij@sfba.social

      Explaining literature to Americans: Is like “Law & Order” https://www. avclub.com/nbc-gatsby-police-p rocedural

      vij@sfba.socialMastodon12d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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    NBC greenlights Gatsby police procedural from Coburn and Tracey

    Deadline reports NBC is developing a modern-day police procedural based on The Great Gatsby, featuring Det. Jay Gatsby as a charming investigator with a con-man's gift for reading human behavior, and Det. Nicole "Nicky" Carraway of the New York State Police.

    “modern-day police procedural about Det. Jay Gatsby, a devilishly charming investigator with a con-man's gift for reading human behavior, and decorated New York State Police Det. Nicole "Nicky" Carraway, who was born to be a cop but dreams of becoming a writer.”
    — NBC logline (via Deadline)

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