Damien Chazelle's 'Babylon' Lands at Paramount With Brad Pitt, Emma Stone Circling

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Paramount has picked up Babylon, Damien Chazelle’s drama set in the Golden Age of Hollywood

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Brad Pitt and Emma Stone are in talks to star in the project but no deals are set. as is Olivia Hamilton, Matthew Plouffe and Tobey Maguire.

The story is said to be set in the late 1920s, during the movie industry’s transition from silent films to talkies. The rise and fall of fictional and historical characters figure into the proceedings. If deals make, Stone will play Clara Bow, the early sex symbol and box office star who was Hollywood’s first “it” girl.

Pitt would play a fictional character, a silent film star who fails to make the transition to the new technology. Sources say he is based on real-life figure John Gilbert.has been a slow-cooking deal. Chazelle took his project to the studios and movie companies in June, and while there was immediate interest due to the pedigree, many had second thoughts to the script, which clocked in at a massive 180 pages, and a budget in the $80 million -$100 million range.

Pitt, repped by CAA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners, is generating awards buzz for his work in Quentin Tarantino’sStone, repped by WME, Anonymous Content and Ziffren Brittenham, is on screens with

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Remaking The Artist

For best male actor in a leading role..i heard that teron egerton is the favorite for the Oscar..i got to get to see 'rocket man'

BKB29

EmmaStone never has a bad performance. Bit like EmilyBrowning I that way.

I am very excited about this.

brad usually makes really good choices - so this could be very nice.

Paramount need a big hit,it's been a while,the last big hit one I think was MI:Fallout

Best female actor in a leading role goes to Renee Zellweger as ' Judy'

Emma Stone as Clara Bow -- I'm in! Damien Chazelle is one of my favorite filmmakers, and I am excited to see this.

If your headline just includes anybody a script has been passed too, maybe change it.

With all those adult drama flops, Paramount is making a mistake

This better not be about jazz

OMG what talent pack

king of cinema

It's like he only knows how to make one movie and also FIRST MAN

i will watch anything damien chazelle makes but this in particular sounds right up my alley

robbannasophia should play Anita Page

LETS GOOOOOOOO

ugh

Yay! I thought it was in development hell. I'm happy it got picked up.

Hire Ryan Gosling pls.

👀

arjecc

Let’s goooooo

Oscar

Brad Pitt as a layed back and charismatic stunt man in 1920s Hollywood let’s gooooooo

Tricky commercial decision. I’ll see it. I’m not sure many others will. Paramount is desperate. Brad grey wiped them out

thank u god

masterpiece ✈️✈️✈️ incoming

coming to save cinema i see

AHHHHH

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