EXCLUSIVE: Netflix preemptively purchased an Oscar winner Stephen Gaghanthis offer is for Valley of Ashesmodern, free adaptation The Great Gatsby The action takes place in San Francisco, where he works with his Syrian producer Jennifer Fox.
Gaghan's plot details are being kept under wraps, although sources have indicated that the film revolves specifically around Silicon Valley. Gagan will direct the film from his own script and produce it through his Super Emotional banner along with Fox.
Sources noted that Gagan has deep ties to Netflix executives, who were shocked when they heard his proposal and jumped at the opportunity to snap it up before it went to market.
Classic American novel published by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. The Great Gatsby is a Jazz Age tale set on Long Island. The story revolves around Nick Carraway, a bond salesman fixated on his mysterious neighbor Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire whose extravagant parties and displays of wealth seem aimed at rekindling a past romance.
There have been several film adaptations of the book over the years, one of the most famous being Baz Luhrmann's stylized, big-budget version for Warner Bros. starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby, released in 2013. Previously, Jack Clayton had directed Robert Redford in the 1974 Paramount version, written by Francis Ford Coppola. There was also an A&E television movie in 2000, and other versions were released in 1926 and 1949.
Two-time Oscar nominee, winning in 2001 for his screenplay for Steven Soderbergh's film. TrafficGagan is best known on the directing front for GoldPolitical thriller starring Matthew McConaughey. Syrian with George Clooney and Robert Downey Jr.'s band led by Dolittlewhich grossed over $251 million worldwide. As a writer, he is also known for his work on works such as Rules of interaction, Alamoupcoming thriller Billion Dollar Spyand eponymous Billion dollar ransomAmazon MGM's adaptation of the recently published book by James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski. He is repped by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Hanson, Jacobson.
nominated for an Oscar Michael ClaytonFox has also produced such famous films as The Last Duel, Report, Nightcrawler, We need to talk about KevinAnd Informant!among others.
