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Not allDamien Chazellemovies are about (or adjacent to) jazz.
But the important ones are.
The movie set its sights on aDecember 23release, paving a familiar road to the Academy Awards.
Below, all the casting, plot, and release information we know so far.
Whatre the bebop basics ofBabylon?
IsBabylonabout Babylon?
Chazelle probably namedBabylonnot for the ancient empire but for the other meaning of the word: a degenerate society.
Per the first stills from Paramount Pictures, its the 1920s and Prohibition is all the rage.
Well, who completes the ensemble?
Watchmens Jovan Adepo andSex/Lifes Li Jun Li will appear, alongside P.J.
Byrne, Lukas Haas, and Olivia Hamilton.
Last but not least, Olivia Wilde, whobears a heavy cross of drama, will appear.
What else has Chazelle said about the movie?
The writer-director promises aproduction.
It was definitely the hardest thing Ive done, hesaidtoVanity Fair.
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