EXCLUSIVE: In a major development on Babylon, Emma Stone won’t be reuniting after all with La La Land director Damien Chazelle.
But the picture remains on strong footing: Margot Robbie is in early talks to have a re-team in this film with Brad Pitt, her Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood costar.Sources said that Stone is exiting the film for scheduling reasons, and that Paramount Pictures and Chazelle are right now in early discussions with Robbie to take the female lead role.The film is a period R rated drama, set in the shifting moment in Hollywood when the industry turned from silent film to talkies.
When Paramount acquired the picture in late 2019, it set a Christmas Day 2021 awards qualifying release, with a wide berth January 7.
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