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During his storied career, Francis Ford Coppola forged relationships with some of film’s most renowned cinematographers: Gordon Willis, Vittorio Storaro, Bill Butler, John Toll and Jordan Cronenweth all shot multiple projects for him. But with Megalopolis, Mihai Malaimare Jr. becomes Coppola’s most frequent collaborator behind the camera. They first met when Coppola came to Malaimare’s native Romania to shoot 2007’s Youth Without Youth, the beginning of a low-budget experimental phase for Coppola that included the Malaimare-shot Tetro and Twixt. Even then, Coppola was already dreaming of his quixotic passion project Megalopolis, showing Malaimare concept art and B-roll of New York […]

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During his storied career, Francis Ford Coppola forged relationships with some of film’s most renowned cinematographers: Gordon Willis, Vittorio Storaro, Bill Butler, John Toll and Jordan Cronenweth all shot multiple projects for him. But with Megalopolis, Mihai Malaimare Jr. becomes Coppola’s most frequent collaborator behind the camera. They first met when Coppola came to Malaimare’s native Romania to shoot 2007’s Youth Without Youth, the beginning of a low-budget experimental phase for Coppola that included the Malaimare-shot Tetro and Twixt. Even then, Coppola was already dreaming of his quixotic passion project Megalopolis, showing Malaimare concept art and B-roll of New York […]

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This article contains mild spoilers for "Megalopolis" and "Joker: Folie à Deux."

The film industry has just experienced what seems to me an unprecedented two week span of outrageous misfortune. If we trust the high end of their estimated budgets, Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" and Todd Phillips' "Joker: Folie à Deux" combined to gross a mere $44 million on exorbitant budgets totaling $344 million.

On the surface, "Megalopolis" would appear to be the bigger disaster; now in its second weekend, the $136 million production has amassed only a paltry $6 million. Granted, Coppola sold his Sonoma Country wineries and borrowed against his new ownership stake in the company that absorbed them to personally finance his physically and intellectually ambitious epic. It's not my money, so I don't care to discuss the wisdom of Coppola's investment; what matters to me is that a massive, star-studded film made without the support of a firmly established...

Spoiler Space offers thoughts on, and a place to discuss, the plot points we can’t disclose in our official review. Fair warning: This article features plot details of Megalopolis.

It’s a great time for Old Man Cinema. Legendary filmmakers are leaning into their late eras in order to...

In 2007, Mihai Malaimare Jr. was a 29-year-old cinematographer working in Romania when he got his filmmaking dream job: shooting “Youth Without Youth” for Francis Ford Coppola as Coppola returned to the director’s chair for the first time in 10 years. Coppola wanted to reinvent himself and was looking for a partner who wouldn’t be afraid of trying new things, and in Malaimare, he found a willing and eager co-conspirator. “Even when he had what I thought was a crazy idea, I thought, ‘Well, it’s Francis Coppola so I better try it,'” Malaimare told IndieWire. “Then you try it and realize how much better the scene looks.”

Malaimare became Coppola’s cinematographer of choice on the movies that followed: “Tetro,” “Twixt,” and now “Megalopolis,” all of them self-financed experiments with which Coppola has attempted to find his own unique style after over 60 years of filmmaking. On “Megalopolis,” Coppola...

One of the most controversial movies of the year is certainly Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis. Not only did Coppola spend decades putting together his futuristic fable, but he also sunk a chunk of his personal fortune into the $100 million-plus epic, only to have it met with jeers from many (but not all) critics following its screenings at Cannes, TIFF and more.

To be sure, this isn’t even close to the first time Coppola’s flirted with disaster as a filmmaker. While The Godfather 1 & 2, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now are rightly regarded as all-timers, Coppola had a massive flop with One from the Heart, a movie that plunged him into bankruptcy, as well as The Cotton Club (which I kinda like), Tucker, Jack, Twixt, and more than a few others.

Over on Rotten Tomatoes, Megalopolis has split critics right down the middle, earning a 50% Tomato-meter score, while the audience...

October 25 will mark 62 years since the release of the first film directed by Francis Ford Coppola: “Come on Out” (later retitled “Tonight for Sure”), a re-edited feature version of three different shorter nudie films he made while a film student at UCLA. It debuted in 1962, right in the middle of the Cuban missile crisis.

With “Megalopolis” opening, he likely has the longest feature film directorial career ever, ahead of Manoel de Oliveira (61 years), Jean-Luc Godard (58), Jerzy Skolimowsky (58), and Frederick Wiseman (56). Clint Eastwood, whose latest film “Juror #2” premieres next month, spans a mere 53 as a director.

To sustain a career that long necessitates a lot of success, which Coppola has had, led by “The Godfather.” But it has been a perilous journey, elongated (“Megalopolis” the most extreme) by his willingness to spend money to keep directing. Of note, his last studio-financed film was “The Rainmaker,” 27 years — and nearly half his career — ago.

The cinematic event of the year is finally upon us now that Francis Ford Coppola's (presumable) swan song "Megalopolis" is playing in theaters, although the overall reactions couldn't be more mixed. In terms of pure drama, the months-long lead up to its release might go down as something just as shocking and over the top as the film itself has been described. Long before the general public ever set eyes upon this passion project about the rise and fall of an empire, the internet has been packed with headlines about behind-the-scenes troubles, alleged sexual harassment, and even a bizarre controversy resulting from AI-generated review pull-quotes.

It's been a wild saga to get to this point, and that's without even getting into the actual reviews of the film. /Film's Chris Evangelista ended up more on the mixed-positive side of the debate in his "Megalopolis" review, calling it a "sprawling, confusing,...

As ambitious as Megalopolis is, one factor that Francis Ford Coppola wanted to push even further was the fact that he included a scene that featured a “live theater” component in which a person from the audience would stand in front of the screen and briefly interact with Adam Driver‘s character on screen. Coppola instituted this unique fourth wall-break at the Cannes screenings and certain IMAX presentations have also played out the scene with a microphone set up at the foot of the screen and the picture shrinking to a size so that Driver’s character can make somewhat eye contact with the person in the theater.

Obviously, it would be a monumental task for every single theater screening to incorporate a plant in the audience to bring this moment to life, but IndieWire reports that over 20 markets in North America will feature this live participant component to the film.

While “Megalopolis” was in pre-production in 2021, Francis Ford Coppola presented Amazon with a unique idea: the director asked if the company would create a customized version of Alexa to be used in specific theaters. As Coppola told The Telegraph in a new interview, audiences would have the opportunity to ask Adam Driver’s character a question about what had transpired in the movie so far — and Alexa would choose the most relevant answer from a pre-approved list.

“Imagine!” Coppola said. “You could see ‘Megalopolis’ five times in its opening week and it would be different each time! It would have been the future of the movies and ancient theater rolled into one!”

Unfortunately, things didn’t pan out due to layoffs at Amazon that resulted in thousands of jobs cut from the Alexa team, including those working on the project for “Megalopolis.” Coppola didn’t plan to move forward with...

Francis Ford Coppola made the shocking decision to fund his project Megalopolis from his own pocket through his winery. The veteran filmmaker has been trying to get the film off the ground for decades, but it has been delayed many times due to revisions and false starts.

Credits: Adam Driver in Megalopolis / Lionsgate Films

After selling a part of his winery estate, he was able to finance the movie. It was a passion project that started when he was doing 1979’s Apocalypse Now. Its ambitious plot is its selling point, but the changes in his life, according to Coppola, were what drove him to bring it finally to the screen.

Francis Ford Coppola Created His Passion Project For The Children

There is a great risk in self-supplying the budget for Megalopolis, but it is more than just a dream script now for Francis Ford Coppola. The 85-year-old director has put...

Following its recent debacle involving fabricated trailer quotes, Lionsgate’s Francis Ford Coppola epic Megalopolis has cut ties with marketing consultant Eddie Egan, sources have confirmed to Deadline.

Lionsgate declined comment. But we hear that the quotes featured in yesterday’s trailer, revealed by Vulture to be fake, were found to have been generated by AI following an investigation. The materials fell under the purview of Egan, who prior to his work as an independent consultant, held executive posts at STXfilm and assorted major studios.

In the immediate aftermath of the trailer snafu, some questioned whether the fake quotes were part of a a marketing ploy purposefully designed to keep the film in the headlines. But we’re told this couldn’t be further from the truth. Rather, the situation should be looked at as a cautionary tale, as neither Egan nor Lionsgate was out to intentionally fabricate quotes. Mistakes...

Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis has been accused of fabricating fake reviews from legendary film critics for its recent trailer, leading to the new preview being removed from online platforms. Megalopolis is a passion project that Coppola funded himself, and perhaps it was therefore expected that a lot of critics would not be on the same wavelength as the director. When making its debut at the Cannes Film Festival, the premiere immediately led to a mixed reception and that, in turn, instigated a strange response via the latest trailer.

Costing over $100 million and set for a September 27, 2024 release date, the new trailer for the film begins with a series of written quotes that were supposedly written by great critics such as Pauline Kael, Andrew Sarris, and Rogert Ebert about Coppola's greatest movies such as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. The idea was to plant the idea in the audience's minds...

In a highly unusual move, Lionsgate is pulling its new trailer for Megalopolis, unveiled early this morning.

The decision comes following controversy over critic quotes featured in the trailer, which digging by Vulture and other outlets revealed to be fabricated.

“Lionsgate is immediately recalling our trailer for Megalopolis,” said a spokesperson for the studio. “We offer our sincere apologies to the critics involved and to Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope for this inexcusable error in our vetting process. We screwed up. We are sorry.”

The quotes featured in the Megalopolis trailer highlight previous “criticisms” of Coppola’s now-iconic works, such as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, by such famed critics as The New Yorker’s Pauline Kael and Village Voice’s Andrew Sarris. With reference to The Godfather, for instance, Kael is quoted as calling the film “diminished by its artsiness,” with Sarris referring to it as a “sloppy self-indulgent movie.

Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola's passion project, has a mixed reception but benefits from an R-rating, following the success of his previous R-rated films. The R-rating allows Coppola to maintain full creative control and explore the film's unique, original world, potentially attracting viewers who appreciate its darkness and oddities. Megalopolis' R-rating may limit its box office potential by excluding younger audiences, but it could also pique the interest of adult viewers.

Francis Ford Coppola's passion project, Megalopolis, is set to be released this year, and though the movie's reactions are mixed, one trend of the film makes it undoubtedly better. Since the 1960s and '70s, Francis Ford Coppola's movies have been a staple of Hollywood, including iconic films like The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now. Because of this, each time he debuts a new project, it is highly anticipated. Notably, he hasn't released a movie since 2013's Twixt. However,...

Ryan Simpkins continues their reign in the horror genre with The Exorcism as Lee Miller, tackling a unique and meta twist to the subgenre. Simpkins prepared for the role by rewatching The Exorcist and drawing inspiration from Ellen Burstyn's performance. Simpkins had a natural rapport with Russell Crowe on set, highlighting his loyalty and giving nature as an actor.

Ryan Simpkins makes their return to the horror genre with The Exorcism. Sibling to the Jurassic World and Insidious franchise star Ty Simpkins, Ryan first broke out on the big screen with the crime thriller Pride and Glory and the period drama Revolutionary Road. They've since steadily built a name for themselves in the horror genre akin to their brother, including Francis Ford Coppola's Twixt, 2015's Anguish, and Netflix's Fear Street Part Two: 1978.

In The Exorcism, Simpkins stars as Lee Miller, the daughter of struggling actor Anthony who...

Francis Ford Coppola's long-gestating sci-fi drama, Megalopolis, finally lands a release date. The acclaimed director's divisive film finds a studio home as a new report confirms fans won't have to wait too long to watch it in theaters.

Per IndieWire, Megalopolis secured a North American distribution deal with Lionsgate, paving the way for its domestic release following its Cannes Film Festival debut last month. As a result, Lionsgate has locked in a Sept. 27 release date for Coppola's latest feature-length project, which stars Adam Driver in the lead role.

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Incoming MCU fan-favorite Aubrey Plaza opens up about taking advantage of filming Megalopolis and the McU's Agatha spinoff simultaneously.

Lionsgate film chief Adam Fogelson called it a "true privilege" to collaborate with Coppola in a statement about his studio's acquisition of Megalopolis. Francis is a legend. For many of us,...

Francis Ford Coppola has done the seemingly impossible and secured North American distribution for his ambitious "Megalopolis." The film, which Coppola self-financed, wrote, directed, and produced, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, but hadn't secured a North American distributor by the end of the event. Now, however, Lionsgate Studios has confirmed that it will distribute "Megalopolis" in the U.S. and Canada.

IMAX already confirmed it would show the $120 million feature, and the film had previously secured several international distribution deals. But Coppola has now secured full theatrical distribution in the U.S. and Canada too, ensuring the masses will be able to witness a film that The Telegraph desribed as "'Succession' crossed with 'Batman Forever' and a lava lamp." Lionsgate confirmed it plans to release the film theatrically on September 27, 2024, and that it will also oversee the film's distribution on home entertainment platforms.

This is quite the coup for Coppola,...

The Rainmaker TV show could redeem Coppola's overlooked classic, even if it flops, by driving viewers to the disregarded film. Quality of the reboot may hinge on the talent of the cast, with big shoes to fill following performances by Damon and DeVito. The reboot will stick closely to Grisham's novel and Coppola's film, promising to be a legal drama with thriller elements.

The upcoming television reboot of Francis Ford Coppola's The Rainmaker can redeem the film's poor box office performance from 1997. The Rainmaker is arguably one of Coppola's most overlooked films even though it received overwhelmingly positive reviews, earning a Rotten Tomatoes score of 82%. The film stars Matt Damon just before he would go on to star in Good Will Hunting (1997) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). It also features performances from Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, and Mickey Rourke.

The Rainmaker was Coppola's follow-up to 1996's Jack starring Robin Williams,...

It goes without saying that Francis Ford Coppola is one of the greatest filmmakers of all-time. His run of The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, and Apocalypse Now was so successful that it ensured him a place in cinematic history forever, regardless of what he chose to do for the rest of his career. While Coppolas subsequent work was impressively no less ambitious, it was far less commercially successful, leading to significant gaps within his filmography. The critically derided 2011 film Twixt brought his career to an abrupt halt, but just before that, Coppola delivered one of his most personal films with the 2009 drama Tetro.

Fred Roos, the longtime producing and casting collaborator of Francis Ford Coppola, has died at age 89.

Roos famously found Jack Nicholson and Harrison Ford, launching both actors’ respective careers, and even helped cast Carrie Fisher alongside Ford in “Star Wars.” He is credited for also boosting the careers of Kirsten Dunst, Diane Keaton, Laurence Fishburne, Frederic Forest, Diane Lane, Nicolas Cage, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, Jennifer Connelly, Billy Bob Thorton, Marshall Bell, and more.

Roos later served as the casting director for Coppola’s “The Godfather,” leading auteur Coppola to deem Roos “one of the great casting talents in the last 40 years of American movies” in a 2004 interview with the Chicago Tribune.

Roos produced follow-up film “The Godfather: Part II,” “Apocalypse Now,” and Coppola’s recent “Megalopolis,” for which he also helped cast the star-studded ensemble. In 1974, both Roos and Coppola earned two Oscar...

Above: 1980 Japanese poster for Apocalypse Now. Design by Eiko Ishioka, artwork by Haruo Takino.With Francis Ford Coppola’s long-gestated Megalopolis having premiered yesterday at Cannes, it's a good time to look back at the posters from his 60-year-long career. The only problem is that many posters for his films are either too well known or nothing to write home about. Like Coppola’s career itself, there are peaks and valleys—one of my very first posts for Notebook, almost exactly fifteen years ago, was about the gorgeous design for The Rain People (1969)—but a career retrospective of his posters seems like it might result in less than the sum of its parts. Yet of all his posters there are three rare Japanese designs that have always stood out as utterly extraordinary: two for Apocalypse Now (1979) and one for Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992).I’ve always seen these posters attributed to Eiko Ishioka,...

Francis Ford Coppola shared his thoughts on the current studio system during the Cannes Film Festival press conference for his self-financed epic “Megalopolis,” saying that they might not be around much longer.

“I fear that the film industry has become more of a matter of people being hired to meet their debt obligations because the studios are in great, great debt. And the job is not so much to make good movies, the job is to make sure they pay their debt obligations,” Coppola said in response to a question from Variety. “Obviously, new companies like Amazon and Apple and Microsoft, they have plenty of money, so it might be that the studios we knew for so long, some wonderful ones, are not to be here in the future anymore.”

The presser also veered into the political, with Coppola being asked if the film is a commentary on Donald Trump,...

"Megalopolis" trailer showcases visually stunning cinematography, blending sci-fi elements for an intriguing aesthetic. Shia Labeouf's mysterious role as Clodio Pulcher adds a layer of curiosity and Roman-inspired depth to the film. The film combines multiple genres, hinting at a convoluted yet all-encompassing production with major thematic implications.

Francis Ford Coppola's highly anticipated Megalopolis has an equally stunning and confusing teaser trailer. Megalopolis is Coppola's first feature film since 2011's Twixt, which was one of the most poorly reviewed movies of his directorial career, earning a Rotten Tomatoes score of just 30%. Coppola, the legendary director of Apocalypse Now (1979), The Godfather (1972), and The Godfather: Part II (1972), has been celebrated for decades as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time and plans to make a big impression with his long-awaited "fable" Megalopolis. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2024.

Adam Driver plays Cesar, an idealist architect and...

Is Francis Ford Coppola’s controversial magnum opus “Megalopolis” any good?

The two hour and 20 minute dystopian drama certainly divided the audience at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday night with its collision course of shocking scenes: a doctored sex tape featuring Adam Driver, Shia Labeouf in drag playing a Trumpian figure and Aubrey Plaza dominating her way through a slew of men.

But there was still a huge amount of respect for iconic director Coppola, who received a four-minute standing ovation upon entering the room. After the credits rolled — which included a tribute to his late wife Eleanor — and the standing ovation began, Coppola hugged Driver and Giancarlo Esposito and got emotional as he made a speech dedicating the film to hope and family.

“Thank you all so much. It is so impossible to find words to tell you how I feel,” Coppola said, then introducing his family members in the audience.

After 13 years, Francis Ford Coppola is back in the director’s seat with a new upcoming project entitled ‘Megalopolis’. The film is scheduled to premiere at Cannes Film Festival 2024 and will break the hiatus since ‘Twixt’, Coppola’s latest release in 2011. Not only is ‘Megalopolis’ scheduled to release this year, but Coppola has announced that this will not be his last film, as he is also working on developing another film. However, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. This is everything we know about Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’.

'Megalopolis' - Scrapbook To Screenplay Like many upcoming films, the plotline has remained vague. Since this film takes place in the future, there is no history we can look into or research to put together the plot. According to a first look from Vanity Fair, ‘Megalopolis’ is about “the personal, political, and romantic clashes that arise during a battle to...

Trailer for Coppola's Megalopolis reveals post-apocalyptic city rebuilding plot with supernatural elements and star-studded cast. Coppola invests $120 million, starring Adam Driver as an architect, pitted against Giancarlo Esposito's mayor in a clash of ideologies. Megalopolis features magical themes with time manipulation, investigates the clash between utopian vision and personal ambition in a devastated city.

A trailer for Francis Ford Coppola's long-awaited Megalopolis has finally been released, revealing more key details about the film's ambiguous plot. Coppola, the legendary director of Apocalypse Now (1979), The Godfather (1972), and The Godfather: Part II (1972), has been celebrated for decades as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. Coppola hasn't directed a feature film since 2011's Twixt, which was one of the most poorly reviewed movies of his directorial career, earning a Rotten Tomatoes score of just 30%. Coppola aims to return in a big way with his sweeping epic and passion project Megalopolis.

Francis Ford Coppola has revealed the first look at Megalopolis, his self-funded sci-fi epic starring Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia Labeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D.B. Sweeney, and Dustin Hoffman.

A project decades in the making, Coppola financed much of the $120 million film himself. The film is set to premiere at Cannes in May, but has yet to secure a US release.

Megalopolis is described as “a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina, a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero, the mayor’s daughter, whose love...

When most cinephiles think of Francis Ford Coppola, they think of his miracle run in the 1970s. During that decade, he directed four films, all of them five-star masterpieces: The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather, Part II, and Apocalypse Now. Or they think of embarrassments from his for-hire period, including the Robin Williams weepy Jack. Yet those five films hardly encapsulate the entire career of Francis Ford Coppola, which will likely end with the upcoming Megalopolis. Instead the best indication of Coppola as an artist and filmmaker might be found in the most recent movies he’s made, with Coppola having released three self-produced and self-financed pictures every two years between 2007 and 2011: Youth Without Youth, Twixt, and Tetro.

Although they vary in quality, and none top his work from the ’70s, this independent trio captures the experimental and romantic heart that lies at the center of Coppola’s overall oeuvre.

Are you ready for the return of the king? It's been 13 years since Francis Ford Coppola helmed a feature film — that would be 2011's weird horror flick "Twixt" — and now he's back in the director's chair to realize his dream project. In the 1980s, Coppola started writing "Megalopolis," an epic, sprawling drama that could very well be his biggest movie ever. He would tinker with the work over the years and finally start shooting second unit footage in 2001.

And then disaster struck, literally. The film's script dealt with the aftermath of a disaster that befalls New York City, and just as Coppola was gearing up to get "Megalopolis" off the ground, the 9/11 attacks changed everything. Realizing that no one at the time would be in the mood to watch a post-disaster movie set in New York, Coppola shelved the project — but he never forgot about it.

Now, the seemingly impossible...

Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis is a sci-fi passion project that resembles George Lucas' Star Wars prequels, exploring a utopian NYC rebuilt after a disaster. Like Lucas, Coppola has embraced new technology in filmmaking, using innovative techniques to create his ambitious epic on LED stages. Megalopolis faces divisive reactions, with some calling it bizarre, hinting at its potential to spark mixed opinions like the Star Wars prequels.

Francis Ford Coppolas new science fiction epic Megalopolis looks like George Lucas long-time friend and former producing partner has finally made his own Star Wars movie. Megalopolis is Coppolas first film since 2011s Twixt. Its a passion project that hes been dreaming about since the 1970s, and after putting up $120 million of his own money, the Apocalypse Now director has finally made this ambitious project a reality. Megalopolis revolves around an idealistic architect who sets out to rebuild New York City after its wiped out by a disaster.

Quick Links What Is Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis? Megalopolis Enters Developmental and Production Hell Megalopolis Is Finally Made, but Problems Persist Looking Ahead to the Legacy of Megalopolis and Coppola Megalopolis is a long-awaited sci-fi epic by Francis Ford Coppola, inspired by ancient Rome and set in a futuristic New York. After decades of setbacks, Coppola finally completed the film in 2023, facing budget issues and mixed industry reactions. Megalopolis is set to premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2024.

One of 2024's most anticipated films is the sci-fi epic Megalopolis by Francis Ford Coppola. It's the acclaimed filmmaker's first directorial work since 2011's Twixt, making this the longest gap between his movies. But that's not the only reason this film is so highly anticipated. Megalopolis has been a longtime passion project of Coppola's a very, very long time.

After being stuck in developmental hell for decades, Megalopolis...

Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" has been in the works for decades, and at last, the first clip from the film has been released ahead of its Cannes Film Festival premiere later this month. It's just two minutes long, but the film finally feels real, not like a vanished dream.

We at /Film named "Megalopolis" one of our most anticipated movies of 2024, and it should be one of yours too. It's the "Godfather" director's first film since 2011's "Twixt," and it was self-financed (meaning creative freedom for Coppola). It also boasts an incredible ensemble, led by Adam Driver and Giancarlo Esposito.

In "Megalopolis," a city is destroyed in a natural disaster. Idealistic urban planner Cesar (Driver) and Mayor Frank Cicero (Esposito) clash on their visions to rebuild the city, with Cicero's daughter Julia (Nathalie Emmanuel) coming between them. The first look at the film suggests it may be even...

While Hollywood has several incredible horror features already, a yet-to-be-released horror movie promises no less than a thrilling horror experience by taping into the essence of Tom Cruise’s one of the most iconic movies. Directed, written, and co-produced by Zach Cregger, Weapons, is being described as tonally similar to Cruise’s 1999 drama film Magnolia.

Tom Cruise starter Magnolia (1999)

Although, the movie’s prospects certainly seem high already, what makes it even more thrilling is that similar to Cruise’s epic, Weapons too appears to be eyeing an incredible cast. After roping in the likes of Josh Brolin and Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich is the newest edition to the cast.

Alden Ehrenreich Joins Josh Brolin-starrer Weapons

Alden Ehrenreich starred as a young Han Solo in Han Solo: A Star Wars Story

One would argue that Tom Cruise has been in several incredible movies, many of whom deserve a separate place...

Although legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola is still trying to find a distributor for his decades-in-the-making new drama, “Megalopolis,” we finally have our first official look at “The Godfather” director’s brand new epic sci-fi-ish drama via Vanity Fair. It’s Coppola’s first feature-length film in nearly thirteen years, following 2011’s experimental “Twixt.”

Released via Vanity Fair, the first look from the film reveals Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel scanning the horizon atop a building in a futuristic-looking New York City,

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Written and produced by Coppola, the “Apocalypse Now” filmmaker first came up with the idea for the ambitious epic back in 1979 before actively developing the project in 1983.

Continue reading ‘Megalopolis’ First Look: Adam Driver & Nathalie Emmanuel Appear In First Image From Francis Ford Coppola’s Long-Awaited Epic at The Playlist.

Vertical has released the first trailer for its upcoming supernatural horror film “The Exorcism,” starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Simpkins.

According to the official logline, “The Exorcism” follows Crowe as “Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee (Simpkins), wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play.”

Additional cast members include Sam Worthington (“Avatar: The Way of Water”), Chloe Bailey (“Praise This”), Adam Goldberg (“The Equalizer”), David Hyde Pierce (“Frasier”), Adrian Pasdar (“Near Dark”), Tracey Bonner (“The Beanie Bubble”) and Josh Warren (“Footloose”).

Joshua John Miller serves as director and co-wrote the script with his partner M.A. Fortin. “The Exorcism” marks Miller and Fortin’s second feature, after the 2015 horror comedy “The Final Girls.” They also created the USA Network drama series “Queen of the South.” Producers of “The Exorcism” include Kevin Williamson,...

The 2024 Cannes Film Festival lineup was finally revealed at the sliver of dawn on Thursday, April 11. Festival director Thierry Frémaux and president Iris Knobloch unveiled this year’s crop of films across the many sections, from the Competition to Un Certain Regard, during a press conference beginning at 5 a.m. Et. See the full lineup below.

The 77th edition of Cannes comes to the Côte d’Azur May 14 through 25, and a few titles were already confirmed to be in the mix. There’s Francis Ford Coppola’s self-funded epic “Megalopolis,” which has already screened for a rarified few in the United States to much awe and speculation over what distributor might take on Coppola’s experimental vision. For his first feature since 2011’s “Twixt,” Coppola gathered a cast including Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Shia Labeouf, Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, and Jason Schwartzman for a sci-fi vision of a ruined NYC-like metropolis.

This year’s 77th Cannes Film Festival will mark a meeting of the New Hollywood minds in France. Not only is George Lucas receiving the festival’s Honorary Palme d’Or, but filmmakers Francis Ford Coppola and Paul Schrader are in the official Competition for the first time in decades.

While Schrader has gone the route of Venice for his “lonely man in a room” trilogy — “First Reformed,” “The Card Counter,” and “Master Gardener” all premiered in Italy — he’s at Cannes this year with “Oh, Canada.” The lineup was confirmed this morning by Cannes festival director Thierry Frémaux. The contemplative drama about a tortured writer looking back on his years as a leftist who fled to Canada to avoid being drafted into the Vietnam War stars Jacob Elordi, Richard Gere, and Uma Thurman. Cue the flashbulbs for a buzzy Elordi red carpet moment. The “Euphoria” breakout was last seen...

After 13 years, legendary Oscar-winner Francis Ford Coppola is seemingly back with a new movie, Megalopolis, which is slated to be released in late 2024, although that could still be pushed back. After a controversial outing with 2011’s Twixt, Coppola has finished his new movie, a sci-fi epic with an ensemble cast, which has been screened for distributors in the United States. As of the time of writing, not much is known about the movie, but Deadline reports that the film’s runtime is 2 hours and 13 minutes, and that is without the credits, but as Mark Fleming Jr. writes, the runtime seems “remarkably brief,” which indicates that Coppola has indeed made a great movie.

Megalopolis is an interesting story altogether, as the movie was conceived way back in 1979, while Coppola was filming Apocalypse Now, one of the greatest war movies ever made. Now, 45 years later, the movie is finally complete, as the...

Francis Ford Coppola screened his long-awaited, self-funded $120m epic Megalopolis to buyers in Los Angeles on Thursday (March 28) after years of speculation and a lengthy production schedule.

Universal’s Donna Langley and Sony’s Tom Rothman were among studio heads who according to reports mingled with the likes of Darren Aronofsky, Roger Corman, Al Pacino, Nicolas Cage and Andy Garcia in a crowd said to number more than 300 at Universal CityWalk’s Imax theatre.

The epic story stars Adam Driver as Caesar, a driven architect striving to rebuild a massive city who falls in love with Julia (Nathalie Emmanuel), the...

Will Coppola's first sci-fi movie inspire success or be another flop like his recent films? Despite doubts, Driver's endorsement and Coppola's determination suggest Megalopolis could be a game-changer. With a self-funded budget and a strong ensemble cast, Megalopolis has potential to recapture Coppola's past magic.

Although Francis Ford Coppola's upcoming $120 million sci-fi movie, Megalopolis, features an ensemble cast and direction from the legendary filmmaker, his body of work from the 21st Century puts the upcoming sci-fi's success into question. Even with Adam Driver promoting Megalopolis, Coppola's absence from the film industry combined with the lukewarm-at-best reception of his more recent efforts makes the critical and commercial success of his upcoming Megalopolis less likely. Furthermore, Megalopolis will be Coppola's first sci-fi movie, which also makes the movie's margin for error far wider than if it were a crime or war drama.

Coppola's recent work proves Megalopolis might not recapture...

Megalopolis is a wild, visionary love story with Adam Driver as Caesar, resembling Francis Ford Coppola's ideals. The film explores competing ideologies in rebuilding New York as a utopia post-disaster, led by a visionary architect. Francis Ford Coppola's long-awaited dream project, Megalopolis, features an all-star cast and is set for an IMAX release in Fall 2024.

As one of the stars of Francis Ford Coppola's anticipated epic Megalopolis, Adam Driver knows the details surrounding the mysterious sci-fi film. But don't expect him to give anything away, as his description of the film may lead to more confusion than clarity. During an interview with The Face, Driver was asked what information he could share about Megalopolis. He described the film as "kind of undefinable" but added that the description would make sense after viewing the movie.

"It's kind of undefinable, which feels very general until you watch the movie. Then my answer will be perfect.

If you could sit down with Francis Ford Coppola – one of the greatest titans and entrepreneurs in movie history – what would you ask him? His best advice for a young filmmaker? His favorite movies? Perhaps his go-to ice cream flavor? Well, the director had all that and more to share during a recent Instagram Ama session; yes, Coppola has Instagram, and yes, you can ask him anything.

First and foremost, during the Ama, Coppola was asked what his favorite movies of his daughter Sofia’s were, in which he rattled off her debut, 1999’s Virgin Suicides, 2003’s Lost in Translation, 2006’s Marie Antoinette, and 2010’s Somewhere. That’s half of her filmography – Francis is such a dad! As for his own pictures, Coppola didn’t cite The Godfather or Apocalypse Now or Jack but rather 1983’s Rumble Fish, his second S.E. Hinton movie after The Outsiders (also out in ‘83). As for other directors’ works,...

Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis is his first foray into the sci-fi genre, adding excitement and anticipation to the project. Coppola's genre diversity in his previous films suggests the potential for a complex and interesting mix of genres in Megalopolis. The long-awaited and high-budget Megalopolis is an exciting project, but it also carries the risk of not meeting the high expectations set for it.

Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis is not only his big return to the big screen as director, but it’s also marking a huge first in his career, making the project even more exciting. Francis Ford Coppola is one of the greatest directors in film history, thanks to movies like The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, so there’s always a lot of expectation around his projects. Coppola hasn’t made a movie since the 2011 horror film Twixt, which received mostly negative reviews, but he’s now coming back with his biggest,...

Megalopolis risks repeating the failure of Driver's last sci-fi movie, 65, due to Coppola's recent lack of quality films. The inclusion of talented actors and actresses in Megalopolis is a positive sign for the upcoming movie's success. Megalopolis is crucial for Driver's career as he needs a box office hit outside of the Star Wars franchise to maintain his esteemed status in the industry.

Although Adam Driver's upcoming starring role in Megalopolis under the direction of the legendary Francis Ford Coppola sounds interesting, the new movie risks repeating a similar mistake as Driver's most recent sci-fi blockbuster. Megalopolis will see Driver as an architect named Caesar who wants to rebuild New York City as a utopia after a tragedy destroys the city. While there are plenty of exciting things to expect from Megalopolis, Coppola's noticeable lack of quality films in recent history and Driver's last sci-fi failure bring...

Megalopolis is Francis Ford Coppola's highly anticipated sci-fi film, marking his return to directing after over a decade. The star-studded cast, including Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel, adds to the excitement surrounding Megalopolis. With a four-decade-long journey to production and a budget of over $120 million, Megalopolis promises to be a grand, original, and risk-taking cinematic experience.

Megalopolis is on the way, and here are the 10 most exciting things to expect from Francis Ford Coppola's new $120 million sci-fi movie. Megalopolis is the next film from the legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, and after decades of being in the works, it is finally expected to premiere in 2024. While details on Megalopolis are still slim, enough is known to stir up a lot of hype around the film. While there is a lot to be excited about, 10 aspects of Megalopolis make the film immensely hype-worthy, and here they are.

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Francis Ford Coppola's sci-fi film Megalopolis, which has been 40 years in the making, will finally be released in 2024, and its success will have a significant impact on Coppola's legacy. Megalopolis is set in a post-apocalyptic New York City and follows architect Caeser's mission to rebuild the city as a utopia, despite opposition from the city's mayor. The film promises to be unique and showcase Coppola's years of experience and his distinct voice. Despite the financial risks involved in self-financing the $120 million project, Coppola is more focused on the artistic value of Megalopolis and his belief in the story. He doesn't care about potential financial failure and is content with pursuing his passion. The film is set up for success with its sci-fi genre popularity and talented cast.

Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis will finally hit theaters in 2024, and after 40 years of development, a lot is riding on this sci-fi film.

Francis Ford Coppola gives his seal of approval to Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon," calling him the world's greatest living filmmaker. The film tells the true story of the tragic events that unfolded when the Osage tribe's oil reservation was discovered in the 1920s. "Killers of the Flower Moon" is expected to be a major player in the 2024 awards season, with high praise for its direction and performances from Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, and Robert De Niro.

Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon gets a seal of approval from Academy Award-winning director Francis Ford Coppola. As if that wasn't enough, The Godfather director also had the highest praise for Scorsese, calling him "the world's greatest living filmmaker." In a recent social media post (via Instagram), Coppola shared a trailer for the upcoming Killers of the Flower Moon, captioning the post with a short but impactful review:...

Fair Play is a 2023 thriller film written and directed by Chloe Domont. The film stars Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, Eddie Marsan, and Rich Sommer.

“Fair Play” is a movie about ambition and how a professional relationship can affect a romantic relationship. In every place, there is an expression for this that ultimately recommends the same thing: not mixing love and work.

It’s difficult not to do so when, as in this case, both protagonists work ten hours a day and have no time for anything else but the company.

Plot

Emily and Luke are engaged, attractive, and have a promising future. There’s only one problem: they work at the same company, and company protocol doesn’t accept it. The problem arises when she gets promoted and he slowly starts losing his position in the complex corporate organization.

Fair Play Review of “Fair Play”

“Fair Play” is a more or less classic thriller that,...

Could a premiere be in the offing at New York or AFI Fest?

Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis has secured a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement months after it wrapped production in Atlanta in March, prompting speculation as to whether Coppola needs to do reshoots or might be angling for a festival slot.

The first film directed by Coppola in seven years stars Adam Driver – who was in Venice on Thursday for the world premiere of Ferrari, which has an interim agreement – as well as Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Forest Whitaker, and Shia Labeouf.

Sources told Screen earlier this year...