Six years after receiving an Oscar “La La Land,”Damien Chazelle, writer-director, is preparing for his return to Tinseltown in his next feature film “Babylon.” This time, he’s taking it back to the Golden Age of Hollywood, when silent films transitioned to talkies.
The cast of “Hollywood” is just like any Hollywood movie about Hollywood. “Babylon”He plays a variety of fictional and historical characters, making him one of the most popular actors in Hollywood. Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt and others (reuniting for the first-time since 2005). “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,”Another self-dedicated letter of love; Olivia Wilde and Samara Weaving. Jean Smart, Jean Smart, Spike Jonze. Chloe Fineman. Flea Of The Red Hot Chili Peppers. The film should not be confused with “Amsterdam,” David O. Russell’s 1930s caper with a similarly star-stuffed cast led by Margot Robbie, also releasing at the end of the year.)
What can we expect from this? “First Man” “Whiplash” filmmaker’s upcoming flick? Take a look at what we know about the upcoming flick. “Babylon” so far – the cast, the plot and other details.
What is it? “Babylon” about?
Like 2011’s “The Artist,” the film will focus on the industry’s turn to sound and how it impacted the careers of stars in the late 1920s. CinemaCon attendees received a sneak peek at the trailer in April. ’s Brian Welk wrote that it “has a lot of style, some jazz but also some madcap humor,” as displayed by a sequence in which a spear flies past Pitt’s character during an elaborately staged battle scene on a film set, missing his head by inches.
Otherwise plot details will be kept secret.
Who’s in the cast?
Emma Stone won the Oscar for Best Lead Actress. “La La Land”) was slated for Robbie’s part, but exited in late 2020 due to a scheduling conflict. Robbie will play Clara Bow, Hollywood’s first “It Girl”She was a starlet in the Roaring Twenties. Pitt will play John Gilbert, a leading man who is also known as the nickname “The Great Lover.”
Tobey Maguire, who is also one of the film’s executive producers, is set to play silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin. Jean Smart “Hacks”She will be an accomplished film critic and Hollywood journalist.
Flea, Katherine Waterston and Olivia Wilde round out the cast. Byrne. Rory Scovel. Frederick Koehler. Troy Metcalf. That’s just the beginning of the huge ensemble. ListenedIMDb.
The crew consists of several of Chazelle’s regular collaborators, such as composer Justin Hurwitz, cinematographer Linus Sandgren, costume designer Mary Zophres and editor Tom Cross. Florencia Martin “Licorice Pizza” “Blonde”The production design is under his control.
When does “Babylon”Are you ready to go?
Paramount will release the film on Christmas Day 2022, but it will only be theatrically released. The Paramount film opens on Jan. 6, 2023.
It’s been a long road for “Babylon.”The movie was announced in 2019. It was originally scheduled to debut on Christmas Day 2021. The pandemic caused delays in the Los Angeles film, which forced the release date forward a full year.
Filming began in July 2021 and ended in October. Boom operator Bryan Mendoza SubmittedFollow us on Twitter “Babylon”This was “easily one of the toughest projects” he’s worked on. He was very pleased with the crew. “without a doubt one of the absolute best in all of Hollywood.”
