The Great Gatsby Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

The Great Gatsby follows would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super-rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Great Gatsby.

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  Leonardo DiCaprio

  ... Jay Gatsby

  The Wolf of Wall Street, The Battle of Baktan Cross

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  Tobey Maguire

  ... Nick Carraway

  Babylon, The Boss Baby

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  Carey Mulligan

  ... Daisy Buchanan

  The Ballad of Wallis Island, Promising Young Woman

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  Isla Fisher

  ... Myrtle

  Dog Man, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

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  Elizabeth Debicki

  ... Jordan Baker

  MaXXXine, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

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  Joel Edgerton

  ... Tom Buchanan

  The King, Zero Dark Thirty

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  Jason Clarke

  ... George B. Wilson

  HHhH, White House Down

• C
  Callan McAuliffe

  ... Young Jay Gatsby

  I Am Number Four, The Duel

• G
  Gemma Ward

  Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The Strangers

Crew Behind the Film

The The Great Gatsby behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Baz Luhrmann last directed Elvis and Australia. The film's writer Craig Pearce last wrote Elvis and Charlie St. Cloud.

Director

Baz Luhrmann

Screenwriters

Craig Pearce
Baz Luhrmann

Producers

Lucy Fisher
Catherine Knapman
Amanda Luhrmann
Baz Luhrmann
Catherine Martin

Production Details

What we know about the The Great Gatsby movie production.

Key Facts

• The new big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel.

Production Updates for The Great Gatsby

Apr 2013

Completed

Changed The Great Gatsby movie production status. MPAA rating announced; assumed completed.

May 2012

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Aug 2011

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

Feb 2011

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Pre-production set for March; filming set for 17 weeks starting in August 2011, then 30 weeks after that dedicated to post-production

Feb 2011

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

Dec 2008

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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