Oscar winner Damien Chazelle, director of Whiplash: Music and obsession (2014), La La Land: A Love Story (2016) and The first man on the moon (2018), returns with a drama set in 1920s Hollywood that will be titled Babylon. This is all you need to know:
what will it be about Babylon?
Damien Chazelle has thought about this story since he first moved to Los Angeles 15 years ago. Epic in scale and featuring an all-star ensemble ensemble, his fourth film will be set in the 1920s, a pivotal moment in Hollywood history.
During that time, the area was transforming into a metropolis, while the film industry transitioned from silent to talkies, filling up with people seeking fame, wealth and power.
Paramount Pictures offers the following official synopsis:
“From director Damien Chazelle, Babylon is an original epic set in 1920s Los Angeles. A tale of colossal ambition and outrageous excess, following the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of rampant decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.”
In accordance with The Hollywood Reporter, Chazelle pitched the project to various studios and production companies in 2019. Although there was immediate interest due to the pedigree the young filmmaker has built, many were skeptical about his 180-page script with a budget of between $80 million and $100 million. . Sources say that the filmmaker had to spend time reworking the script and had to cut more than 30 pages in order to reduce the final budget.
“It was definitely the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” Chazelle told Vanity Fair. “Just the logistics, the number of characters, the scale of the settings, the span of time that the film shows, all conspired to make it particularly challenging, but it was a challenge that was very exciting to take on.”
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The cast of Babylon
This opulent epic through Hollywood’s nascent Golden Age brings together Brad Pitt Y Margot Robby after sharing credits in once upon a time in hollywood (2019). The central trio that serves as the common thread to Babylon the Mexican completes it diego bald (Narcos: Mexico).
Jack Conrad, Pitt’s character, is a hard-partying superstar in crisis, inspired by the likes of John Gilbert, Clark Gable and Douglas Fairbank. Robbie, meanwhile, plays Nellie LaRoy, an aspiring actress with traits of Clara Bow, Jeanne Eagels, John Crawford and Alma Rubens. And Calva plays an actor named Manny Torres who, like an outsider in Hollywood, serves as the eyes of the public.
I remember being on set [de El lobo de Wall Street] and think, ‘I’ll never be in a movie as crazy as this again,'” Robbie confessed to Empire. “And then I did Babylon. There is a dizzying amount of debauchery (…) believe me, it is crazy”.
The rich supporting cast includes Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, Jean Smart, Tobey Maguire, Samara Weaving, Max Minghella, Katherine Waterston, Lukas Haas, Olivia Wilde Y Spike Jonze, among many others. They play other fictional characters whose dreams of fame and success depend on how they navigate this treacherous city.
Production team
Damien Chazelle brought together many of his trusted associates to Babylonas the Oscar-winning editor, Tom Cross (Whiplash: Music and obsession), as well as the cinematographer linus sandgren and the composer justin hurwitzwho won the golden statuette for La La Land: A Love Story.
Olivia Hamilton (The first man on the moon), Matt Plouffe (the fifth wave) and Marc Platt (La La Land) are credited as producers, while Adam Siegel and Helen Estabrook served as executive producers.
When does it premiere? Baybylon?
Babylon will be released on January 19, 2023 in theaters in Latin America.
Trailer for Babylonby Damien Chazelle (September 13, 2022)
Behind the scenes: Welcome to Babylon (November 22, 2022)
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