Gatsby returns

Director Baz Luhrmann, whose remake of Moulin Rouge I found pretentious but others -- a lot of others -- liked, is now going to attempt another remake of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 classic The Great Gatsby. Leonardo DiCaprio will play the title tole, Carey Mulligan will portray Daisy and Tobey Maguire is expected to play Gatsby's best friend Nick.

The movie was filmed first in 1926 with Warner Baxter, Lois Wilson and Neil Hamilton with Herbert Brenon directing. The 1949 version starred Alan Ladd, Betty Field and Macdonald Carey with Elliot Nugent directing. The most popular version, the one released in 1974, featured Robert Redford, Mia Farrow and Sam Waterston. It was directed by Jack Clayton. There was also a made-for-TV version in 2000 with Toby Stephens, Mia Sorvino and Paul Rudd.