Relative unknown Mexican actor Diego Calva has nabbed a career-changing role and will now join Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt in Babylon, the drama set in the Golden Age of Hollywood that Damien Chazelle is directing for Paramount.
Rising actors Jovan Adepoand LiJun Li will also be on the call sheet as part of the ensemble when cameras roll this summer in Los Angeles.
Paramount has set Babylon for a Dec. 25, 2022 limited release before a Jan. 6, 2023 wide opening. The story is set in the late 1920s, during the movie industry’s transition from silent films to talkies and tells of the rise and fall of multiple characters. “Great Gatsby on steroids” is how one source described the story.
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