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The Last Tycoon (1976): Film by Elia Kazan, based on the 1941 unfinished novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, about early Hollywood artifice, skullduggery, sex, betrayal, and desperation, ending with studio head Monroe Stahr ( Robert De Niro) walking off into the darkness, as Nellie does in Babylon. Brody, Richard (December 22, 2022). " "Babylon," Reviewed: Damien Chazelle Whips Up a Golden-Hollywood Cream Puff". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on December 25, 2022 . Retrieved December 25, 2022. By December 2020, Margot Robbie was in early negotiations to replace Stone, who exited the film due to scheduling conflicts, and Li Jun Li was also cast. [11] [12] Robbie was confirmed in March 2021, with Jovan Adepo and Diego Calva also joining. [10] [13]

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