For Francis Ford Coppola’s Go-for-Broke Movies, All Roads Lead to Cannes
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Drudge Report— The director readies his self-funded epic 'Megalopolis' for the Croisette, with echoes of his 'Apocalypse Now' journey 45 years ago accompanying him.
Screen—Goodfellas boards international sales on Francis Ford Coppola’s Cannes selection ‘Megalopolis’ (exclusive). Le Pacte to distribute in France.
Drudge Report—Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’: An Exclusive First Look at the Director’s Retro-Futurist Epic. 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...
The A.V. Club—Allegedly unsalable Francis Ford Coppola movie, Megalopolis might have a distributor. 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...