With the smash success of "Whiplash" and "La La Land", Damien Chazelle established himself as an ascendant young talent in Hollywood. With each film, he earned himself a much larger budget than the last:
Whiplash: $3.3 million budget
La La Land: $30 million budget
First Man: $60 million budget
Babylon: $110 million budget
However, "Babylon" was an enormous flop. To quote a Variety headline:
"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"
So, has Damien Chazelle been banished to director jail? Or will his well earned reputation for excellence be enough to convince studio executives to give him another big budget?
This market resolves YES if the budget for Damien Chazelle's next feature film is >$50 million.
I will use the-numbers.com as the source for resolution, at the time of release of the next movie. Note that reported budgets can vary wildly between sources.
If no budget is reported there within two months of release of his next movie, this resolves N/A.
Damien Chazelle needs to be the director, not just writer and/or producer.
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The studio didn’t share a single detail — not the genre, cast, plot or release timeline — about Chazelle’s new film. Of course, Paramount didn’t reveal the budget either, although Chazelle presumably won’t get the same blank check to fund the upcoming movie.
Unsurprisingly, Chazelle isn't in like, life-sentence director jail, he'll be back at a major studio, but not much update here for whether he can get $50 million.
except lmao it's literally set in director jail wtf
while unconfirmed, insiders say the film will be set in a prison.