The Great Gatsby has been pushed back from its Christmas release date by around half a year, with Warner announcing that the film will now be released on an unspecified date in summer 2013.

Baz Luhrmann’s 3D adaptation of the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald had initially been scheduled to arrive on Christmas Day, but will now face a significant delay, which Warner hopes will ensure, “this unique film reaches the largest audience possible.”

“The responses we’ve had to some of the early sneak peeks have been phenomenal,” said international distribution president Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, “and we think The Great Gatsby will be the perfect summer movie around the world.”

Source: Total Film