The official (uncensored) trailer for Paramount Pictures’ Babylon begins with Margot Robbie’s character Nellie LaRoy snorting a line and confessing that if she had money, she’d only spend it on things that were fun. “Not boring things like taxes,” she adds.
Next up is the introduction of Brad Pitt’s character who explains that when he came to LA there were signs on all the doors that read: “No actors or dogs allowed.” He claims to have changed that, but doesn’t explain if he’s referring to the two or four-legged subjects. The trailer then spotlights clips of partying mixed with the filming of a medieval battle scene, an elephant walking through a packed club, and Brad Pitt doing a little dance before falling over a balcony.
Margot Robbie’s Nellie asks who wants to see her fight a snake, and Tobey Maguire appears in one brief shot and speaks for the audience when he says, “What the f**k?!”
The cast also includes Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, P.J. Byrne, Lukas Haas, Olivia Hamilton, Max Minghella, Rory Scovel, Katherine Waterston, Flea, Jeff Garlin, Eric Roberts, Ethan Suplee, Samara Weaving, and Olivia Wilde. The music is by Justin Hurwitz and Marc Platt, Matthew Plouffe, and Olivia Hamilton serve as producers. Maguire, Michael Beugg, Wyck Godfrey, Helen Estabrook, and Adam Siegel executive produce.
Oscar winner Damien Chazelle (La La Land) wrote and directed the weird and wild big-name production set in 1920s Los Angeles. Paramount’s official synopsis doesn’t offer much in the way of insight: “A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.”
Babylon opens in limited release on December 25, 2022 followed by a wide release on January 6, 2023.
