Margot Robbie is in early talks to replace Emma Stone in Damien Chazelle’s period drama “Babylon” for Paramount, Variety has confirmed.
Stone exited the film, which would have reunited her with Chazelle after working together on “La La Land,” due to scheduling issues. She and Brad Pitt were attached to “Babylon” a year ago when Paramount landed the rights to the project, which will take place during the transition from silent films to talkies and feature a mix of real-life and fictional characters. The film has a Christmas Day 2021 release date planned.
“Babylon” will be produced by Olivia Hamilton, Matt Plouffe, Marc Platt and Tobey Maguire. In November 2019, the California Film Commission awarded the project a $17.5 million tax credit allocation for shooting the period drama in the Golden State. The commission estimated that “Babylon” will generate $83.4 million in “qualified spending” — defined as below-the-line wages to California workers and payments...
Stone exited the film, which would have reunited her with Chazelle after working together on “La La Land,” due to scheduling issues. She and Brad Pitt were attached to “Babylon” a year ago when Paramount landed the rights to the project, which will take place during the transition from silent films to talkies and feature a mix of real-life and fictional characters. The film has a Christmas Day 2021 release date planned.
“Babylon” will be produced by Olivia Hamilton, Matt Plouffe, Marc Platt and Tobey Maguire. In November 2019, the California Film Commission awarded the project a $17.5 million tax credit allocation for shooting the period drama in the Golden State. The commission estimated that “Babylon” will generate $83.4 million in “qualified spending” — defined as below-the-line wages to California workers and payments...
- 12/2/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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