Remind me again why they needed to remake The Great Gatsby. Was the original just too poignant? Was the acting too damn good? Or was it because it lacked a hip-hop, dance and alt rock soundtrack?
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The silent one? The one with Paul Rudd (surely a keeper)? The one with Alan Ladd?
If you're a talented actor, or writer, or director, or whatever, why wouldn't you want to try your hand at adapting one of your favorite pieces of fiction? If you're one of the above and someone with pallets of money and studio backing to do so and something resembling talent and taste approached you to take part in it, why would possibly say no?