The-Great-Gatsby-BannerBaz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby will be hitting theatres in the US this Friday, and the anticipation surrounding the adaptation has been deservedly riding high for months.

The movie promises to be one of the biggest and best blockbuster events of the year. And if you’ve seen the latest trailer, then you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about.

With just a few days to go before it hits US theatres, and a few more until it arrives in the UK, Warner Bros. have debuted a dazzling new TV spot featuring plenty of brilliant new footage.

From the uniquely imaginative mind of writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann comes the new big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby. The filmmaker will create his own distinctive visual interpretation of the classic story, bringing the period to life in a way that has never been seen before, in a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role.

“The Great Gatsby” follows Fitzgerald-like, 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.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan star in the leading trio. And they’re joined by a terrific cast, led by Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, Elizabeth Debicki, and Amitabh Bachchan.

Luhrmann is directing from a script he co-wrote with past collaborator Craig Pearce (Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet), adapting the seminal novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

The Great Gatsby will be released in 3D this Friday, May 10th, in the US, with its UK release date set for next Thursday, 16th May, following a day after opening this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Whilst we count down the days, here is the beautiful new TV spot to set the tone. Enjoy.

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