NBC Develops Gatsby Police Procedural Based on Fitzgerald Novel

NBC is developing Gatsby, a present-day police procedural that reimagines characters from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, with Jake Coburn and Jason Tracey attached as writer-executive producers. The project is in development; no series order, casting or release date has been reported. The proposed series centers on Detective Jay Gatsby, portrayed in its description as a charming investigator with a conman’s ability to read human behavior. He is paired with Detective Nicole “Nicky” Carraway, a female counterpart to Nick Carraway, the narrator of Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel. Nicky is described as a decorated New York State Police detective who dreams of becoming a writer. The reporting does not consistently identify her department: another account calls her an NYPD detective, while a third does not specify one. The project’s character description in the development report identifies her with New York State Police. In Fitzgerald’s novel, Nick is a bond salesman and Gatsby’s neighbor in the fictional Long Island community of West Egg. He becomes drawn into Gatsby’s world as Gatsby tries to rekindle his relationship with Daisy Buchanan, Nick’s cousin. The television adaptation...