NBC Develops Gender-swapped Gatsby Detective Drama With Major Twists

WHO:

Screen Rant - NBC is developing a police procedural series inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel *The Great Gatsby*.

Deadline - The series is titled *Gatsby* and comes from writer-executive producers Jake Coburn and Jason Tracey, and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.

Coming Soon - The show reimagines a major character from *The Great Gatsby* as a gender-swapped character.

WHAT:

Screen Rant - NBC has a police procedural series in development that gives *The Great Gatsby* a gender-swapping twist.

Deadline - NBC is developing a partially gender-swapped police procedural adaptation of the literary classic, titled *Gatsby*.

Coming Soon - The new series is inspired by *The Great Gatsby* and reimagines the story as a modern-day police procedural.

WHERE:

Deadline - The series is being developed at NBC.

Coming Soon - The police procedural is set in New York.

HOW:

Screen Rant - The series applies a gender-swapping twist to Fitzgerald’s novel.

Deadline - The adaptation is described as a partially gender-swapped take on *The Great Gatsby*.

Coming Soon - The show introduces a gender-swapped version of one of the novel’s major characters, giving the familiar story a new direction.

(UPDATED October 30, 2026 21:03 UTC)

NBC is developing *Gatsby*, a modern-day New York police procedural inspired by Fitzgerald’s classic novel. The adaptation gives the familiar story a gender-swapped twist, reimagining one major character. Jake Coburn and Jason Tracey are developing the series with Universal Television.