Emma Stone is no longer set to reunite with La La Land director Damien Chazelle for his new movie Babylon.
According to Deadline, Stone is exiting the project because of scheduling reasons and Margot Robbie is in talks to take over the female lead role. Brad Pitt is also on board to star in the movie, so Robbie would be re-teaming with her Once Upon a Time in Hollywood co-star.
Babylon is a period drama set in Hollywood around the time that the industry was transitioning from silent films to ‘talkies’. Paramount originally set a release date for Christmas Day 2021, but with the ongoing pandemic, that may now be subject to delay.
Hollywood loves a movie about Hollywood, and this project was announced after Netflix greenlit its own golden-era Hollywood movie, Mank. The upcoming David Fincher-directed project stars Gary Oldman as Herman J. Mankiewicz, the screenwriter of Citizen Kane.
