Francis Ford Coppola’s sci-fi epic Megalopolis is not only ambitious in terms of content, but also from his path to the cinema full of remarkable stationsSince the 1970s, the filmmaker tried to get the project off the ground, which he eventually financed with 120 million US dollars from his own pocket.
At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the film was discussed with great controversy and a US distributor was reluctant to take the bait for a long time. Until Lionsgate dared to release a trailer, which has now had to be taken offline again.
Lionsgate removes sci-fi trailer for Megalopolis from the internet: Quotes were invented
The latest Megalopolis trailer was a challenge to critics, settling accounts with negative press reviews from the past. According to the motto: Genius and madness are close togetherCoppola’s earlier works also went on to become classics, you have to see the film yourself to get an idea. But although there was no shortage of quotable reviews, many quotes regarding his mafia drama The Godfather and his war film Apocalypse Now were apparently completely fabricated, according to Variety.
Lionsgate’s public mea culpa states:
We offer our sincere apologies to the critics involved, as well as to Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope, for this inexcusable error in our review process. We screwed up. We’re sorry.
Critics who were accused of untruthful words were, of all people, review greats such as the now deceased Pauline Kael and Roger Ebert. But don’t worry if you still want to take a closer look at the cheeky preview. Here it is:
Megalopolis – Trailer 2 (English) HD
What is Megalopolis by Francis Ford Coppola about?
The idealistic architect Cesar Catilina (Star Wars villain Adam Driver) dreams of rebuilding a destroyed metropolis as a utopian megacity. Opposing him in his almost megalomaniacal or perhaps even ingenious plan is the corrupt mayor Franklyn Cicero (Breaking Bad antagonist Giancarlo Esposito), whose daughter Julia (Game of Thrones star Nathalie Emmanuel) gets caught in the crossfire. The film was inspired by the works of sci-fi author HG Wells and the real-life history of the Roman Empire.
When will Megalopolis be in cinemas?
In this country, Constantin Film has taken on the sci-fi epic and is driving Megalopolis on 26 September 2024 into the cinemas.