The movie is about the personal, political, and romantic clashes that arise during a battle to construct an American utopia, and it was shaped in part by the speculative prophecy of H.G. Wells, a murderous conspiracy from ancient Roman history, the devastation of the September 11 attacks, and the outsize influence of attractive cable news hosts, among a litany of other inspirations. “To that, I added everything I had ever read or learned about,” Coppola says in a statement. Vanity Fair has the...
Megalopolis may have been brewing in Francis Ford Coppola’s mind for over four decades now, but details of the sprawling epic have remained mostly elusive for the rest of us. That changed a little bit today, as the director shared a more holistic glimpse into some of the events and historical figures that inspired the film’s lengthy, self-funded production with Vanity Fair today—starting with the length of that production itself. “I wasn’t really working on this screenplay for 40 years as I...
As Francis Ford Coppola’s return approaches, we’re bracing ourselves for whatever he’s cooking up with Megalopolis and we now have our first look at the film, with Vanity Fair dropping a new image featuring Adam Driver as an idealistic architect looking to rebuild a city. Megalopolis follows “the rebuilding of a metropolis after it has fallen […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: First look image...
A photo has been released from director Francis Ford Coppola’s upcoming film Megalopolis and it offers a first look at Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel towering above...
Last week, cinephiles found a horse’s head in their bed when The Hollywood Reporter announced that no one in Hollywood has the guts to release Francis Ford Coppola’s latest passion project, Megalopolis. Even though Hollywood is releasing a film called Deadpool & Wolverine this summer, the lack of clear good guys and bad guys made Megalopolis a tough sell in the eyes of Hollywood executives. Others commented that a scene featuring Jon Voight’s character in bed “with what looks like a huge...
The director readies his self-funded epic 'Megalopolis' for the Croisette, with echoes of his 'Apocalypse Now' journey 45 years ago accompanying him.
Colt Ford has recently spoken publicly for the first time since he suffered a near-fatal heart attack on April 4, 2024.
Le Pacte to distribute in France.
Shock and sadness are spreading following the sudden death of Eleanor Birrittella, a well-known corrections officer in Westchester. Birrittella died on Saturday, April 20, according to Hector Lopez, the president of the New York Hispanic American Law Enforcement Organization. A cause of death had not yet been released. Online records show Birrittella was 40 years old and lived in Yonkers. "Officer Birrittella had a smile that lit up the place," Lopez said in announcing her death. "She loved...
“Absent a directed, sustained, and articulated policy of no daylight between the United States and Israel,” Matthew Continetti wrote in the Washington Free Beacon on March 29, “the rift between America and her ally will widen and the world will grow more dangerous.” Proof that Continetti had things completely bass-ackward arrived on April 1, when More
2017's ill-advised Mummy reboot starring Tom Cruise led to an infamous photoshoot and botched launch of what should have been a whole Dark Universe starring Russell Crowe as Dr Jekyll, Johnny Depp as the Invisible Man, and Javier Bardem as Frankenstein's Monster. Unfortunately, the monster movie was a critical and commercial failure, leading to the entire concept to be abandoned. Continue reading The Dark Universe was “biggest failure” of The Mummy director’s...
Sonja Christopher, who was the first person in Survivor Season 1 to be voted off the show, has died at 87, according to a current contestant. No cause was revealed. Liz Wilcox, who stars in the current season 46 of Survivor, posted the news on X. She met Christopher over Christmas and shared a photo […]