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March 22, 2021 at 12:06 pm #1204151155
Not sure if an official thread was created before? But here goes nothing!
Anyways jokes apart, filming will begin in June apparently.
ReplyMarch 29, 2021 at 10:12 pm #1204165301It’s Damien Chazelle, so I’ll be intrigued. And it’s classic Hollywood again, so the Oscars will be intrigued.
Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie working together after not sharing the screen in OUATIH is sure to generate some buzz. But you know what will be even better? If the rumors of Tobey Maguire playing Irving Thalberg are true. The man deserves both a comeback and an Oscar nomination; this is his chance to get it.
ReplyCopy URLApril 2, 2021 at 11:51 pm #1204173014The Hollywood Reporter recently reported that Diego Calva joined the cast in a “critical role.” Based on the character description, he’s likely the male lead. He also did a chemistry read with Margot Robbie. The same article says Robbie’s character is no longer based on Clara Bow, but was reworked to be more fictional. I wonder if this might be because the role was written with Emma Stone in mind or maybe Chazelle decided to go in a different direction.
ReplyCopy URLApril 2, 2021 at 11:53 pm #1204173016Forgot to add the same THR article described the film as “Great Gatsby on steroids.”
ReplyCopy URLApril 3, 2021 at 12:21 am #1204173047Really hope there’s a hail mary and Margot Robbie’s role is recast for Kirsten Dunst instead because I need to see Dunst in a musical and it would make for far more interesting casting (for me). Reeeeaaaaaaaally hoping for it, but it’ll never happen bc it looks set & also Dunst is pregnant soooo
ReplyCopy URLJustice for Passing, Tessa Thompson & Ruth Negga.
The Power of the Dog / Jane Campion / Benedict Cumberbatch / Kristen Stewart / Kirsten Dunst / Troy Kotsur
April 3, 2021 at 12:21 am #1204173049Forgot to add the same THR article described the film as “Great Gatsby on steroids.”
Ack!
ReplyCopy URLJustice for Passing, Tessa Thompson & Ruth Negga.
The Power of the Dog / Jane Campion / Benedict Cumberbatch / Kristen Stewart / Kirsten Dunst / Troy Kotsur
April 3, 2021 at 1:07 am #1204173082According to a Variety interview promoting PYW, Robbie recently wrapped DOR’s untitled project, and she’s currently prepping for Babylon. Really hope we get more casting announcements/news about the film soon.
ReplyCopy URLApril 5, 2021 at 4:07 am #1204178803Other cast additions include Li Jun Li and Jovan Adepo.
The THR article about Calva’s casting: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rising-mexican-actor-nabs-critical-role-opposite-margot-robbie-brad-pitt-in-damien-chazelles-babylon
ReplyCopy URLApril 5, 2021 at 4:11 am #1204178808Forgot to add the same THR article described the film as “Great Gatsby on steroids.”
Sounds like something Amanda Seyfried would have wanted to do but she got Mank instead.
ReplyCopy URLApril 5, 2021 at 4:11 am #1204178814I’m glad that Chazelle is casting diverse new actors. The premise reminds me of Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood. Let’s hope the quality is not the same.
ReplyCopy URLApril 5, 2021 at 6:56 am #1204179091Until I learn more, the existence of this film annoys me. Another Chazelle Hollywood movie? Another Hollywood movie with Pitt and Robbie? Hell, another movie about Hollywood in general is dull enough news. I need to hear something really unique about this one as soon as possible.
ReplyCopy URLApril 9, 2021 at 11:16 pm #1204189238Li Jun Li was interviewed by Deadline, and she briefly talked about her role in Babylon. She revealed that her character is based on Anna May Wong, the first Asian American actress in Hollywood: https://deadline.com/2021/04/li-jun-li-talks-babylon-devils-diversity-representation-inclusion-asian-american-1234730477/
ReplyCopy URLApril 10, 2021 at 4:11 am #1204189443EXTREMELY early nomination predictions lol, ranked by likelihood:
1. Best Costume Design
2. Best Production Design
3. Best Makeup and Hairstyling
4. Best Actress – Margot Robbie
5. Best Picture
6. Best Film Editing
7. Best Cinematography
8. Best Sound
9. Best Director – Damien Chazelle
10. Best Original Screenplay
11. Best Supporting Actor – Brad Pitt
12. Best Original Song (if there is one)
13. Best Original ScoreReplyCopy URLFYC
Picture: Dune
Director: Jane Campion
Actress: Kristen Stewart
Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch
Sup. Actress: Kirsten Dunst
Sup. Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee
Original: The Worst Person in the World
Adapted: The Power of the Dog
Cinematography/Editing/Score/Production Design/Sound: Dune
Costumes: Cruella
Animated/Doc: Flee
International Feature: The Worst Person in the WorldApril 10, 2021 at 3:37 pm #1204190723The Great Gatsby comparison doesn’t actually bother me. Though La La Land is often accused of glamourizing Hollywood life, I honestly felt like it knew that life there isn’t always that good, and was willing to criticize it when need be. And let’s not forget Whiplash, a much more critical, toxic look into the life of a performer.
This is something that made Baz Luhrmann such a bad choice to do a Gatsby movie. Even when he tries to do difficult drama, his films always glamourize the borderline-hedonistic lifestyle that Gatsby intends to criticize, and it resulted in him creating a hackneyed tragedy out of what should be a pathetic fall from grace. So while he hasn’t done as much as Luhrmann, Chazelle at least seems to know how to make a Gatsby-esque film more thematically coherent.
ReplyCopy URLApril 17, 2021 at 3:50 am #1204205013Diego Calva was interviewed by Variety about his upcoming role in the film. He talked about the audition process (Chazelle recommended he study Al Pacino), and meeting Robbie for the chemistry read: https://variety.com/2021/film/spotlight/diego-calva-1234953737/
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