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After ‘Babylon’ Flop, Damien Chazelle Knows He ‘Won’t Get a Budget of That Size Any Time Soon’ and ‘Maybe I Won’t Be Able to Get’ Next Film Made
Damien Chazelle says he will not be getting a budget like "Babylon"
Oscar winner Damien Chazelle confirmed on the “Talking Pictures” podcast (via World of Reel) that he is currently at work writing his new movie, which would mark his follow-up to 2022’s “ Babylon.” As many cinephiles know, “Babylon” was one of the biggest studio disasters in recent memory. Acting legend Jack Conrad (Pitt) and rising superstar Nellie LaRoy (Robbie) struggle to adapt to the new era as a rapidly-changing Hollywood threatens to leave them behind. Variety’s Peter Debruge called the film an “exuberantly messy look at La La Land’s early days — an acid spin on ‘Singin’ in the Rain,'” adding: “‘Babylon’ feels like the last of a certain kind of movie: epic, extravagant and so unreasonably expensive, it would’ve taken pre-pandemic moviegoing habits to make its money back.”
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