THE GREAT GATSBY

Carey Mulligan (An Education, Never Let Me Go) has been confirmed as Daisy Buchanan in director Baz Luhrman's new adaptation of the classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is set in the roaring 1920's and involves love triangles, bootlegging and a bunch of rich, shallow, crazy socialites.

Mulligan apparently cried after hearing the news of her good fortune, a telling sign of her love for the creative work. Not official, but soon to be, is the casting of Leonardo Dicaprio (Inception) and Tobey Maguire (Pleasantville) as Jay Gatsby and Nick Carroway--the narrator of the novel. Below is the first photo from the film courtesy of First Showing.