Everyone sits up and takes notice when they learn that the legendary director Francis Ford Coppola has been working on a project for more than three decades. In the twilight of his career, Coppola is famed for his vision and creative acumen, and Megalopolis, his long-gestating passion project, may be his most ambitious work to date. When it became clear that no one would be willing to finance a movie of that magnitude at that point in his career, Coppola had to put the script for Megalopolis on hold. It had been started in the 1980s. The moment is right now. He has built a personal fortune as a result of a successful career that will allow him to finance his dream movie, which is sure to be spectacular as usual.
Megalopolis is centered on New York Metropolis’s reconstruction after a tragedy that destroyed the city and destroyed its urban infrastructure. An architect who is determined to overcome all obstacles to reconstruct New York City as a utopia in the midst of this mayhem. Coppola is the creator of Megalopolis and will serve as both the director and screenplay. Here is everything we currently know about Megalopolis, from casting to filming and every other aspect that is known, since this project’s unveiling is a thrilling potential.
When Will Megalopolis Be Released?
Megalopolis has not yet had a release date confirmed.
What Is the Plot of Megalopolis?
Megalopolis, which is set in modern-day America, will resemble Roman epic movies, but this time the story will be centered on America. Coppola claims that the plot will be based on The Second Catiline Conspiracy, a conflict between Marcus Tullius Cicero and Roman senator Lucius Sergius Catilina. With the aid of a few irate Roman aristocrats, Catilina devises a scheme to depose Cicero. The distressed government official in Megalopolis is the mayor of New York, who is fighting for his job in the midst of a financial crisis. Although it is clear that the city is New York, Megalopolis portrays it as some type of New Rome.
Though the entire plotline is unknown, a large portion of it will revolve around an architect whose idea of an ideal city competes with that of a dishonest mayor who prefers to keep things as they are rather than advance the Architects’ more advanced ideals. Coppola hopes to utilize this narrative to refocus modern society’s attention on issues related to inequality, poor urban planning, and environmental destruction. Coppola is adamant that if contemporary society doesn’t recognize the realities of the changing times, the same problems that caused the Roman Empire to fall may easily occur.
Who Is in the Cast of Megalopolis?
The star-studded cast of Megalopolis promises to include Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker as the troubled New York mayor. Idi Amin was the subject of Whitaker’s role in the biographical play The Last King of Scotland. He received a lot of praise for his portrayal as Cecil Gaines in the historical drama The Butler. Black Panther, City of Lies, and Out of the Furnace are some of his other motion pictures.
Adam Driver, one of today’s most versatile performers, is well-known for his supporting part in the HBO comedy-drama series Girls. He portrayed Kylo Ren/Ben Solo in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. His other filmography includes the following: House of Gucci, Marriage Story, and BlacKkKlansman. He most recently appeared in the Noah Baumbach movie White Noise alongside Greta Gerwig and Don Cheadle.
Nathalie Emmanuel is best known for playing Missandei in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones. Her part in Megalopolis has yet to be disclosed. She has been in the last two Maze Runner films as well as the Fast and the Furious movies. The Vietnam War veteran Luke Martin played by Jon Voight in the war movie Coming Home will also have an unspecified role in the movie. He may also be remembered for his performance in Ali as sports writer Howard Cosell. Dracula, Woodlawn, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them are some of his other motion pictures.
Laurence Fishburne, a three-time Emmy Award winner and Tony Award winner, is best recognized for his roles as Ike Turner in What’s Love Got to Do With It and as Morpheus in The Matrix series. He most recently appeared in the ABC comedy Black-ish as Earl “Pops” Johnson.
Aubrey Plaza from Parks & Recreation, Jason Schwartzman from Rushmore, Shia LaBeouf from The Peanut Butter Falcon, Talia Shire from Rocky, Grace VanderWaal from Disney’s Stargirl, Kathryn Hunter from Andor, James Remar from Sex and the City, Chloe Fineman from Saturday Night Live, Isabelle Kusman from The Fabelmans, D.B. Sweeney from Fire in the Sky, Dustin Hoffman from Rain Man,
Is There a Trailer for Megalopolis?
Megalopolis doesn’t yet have a trailer.
Who is Making Megalopolis?
Megalopolis will be directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola, arguably one of the most celebrated directors of his time, has won a BAFTA, two Palme d’Ors, five Academy Awards, and the Palme d’Or. His crime trilogy The Godfather is frequently recognized as one of the best movies ever filmed. Apocalypse Now, The Conversation, The Rainmaker, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and The Outsiders are some of his other movies.
Since the 1980s, Coppola has been obsessed with making the movie Megalopolis. of a? andCoppola is well known for criticizing the movie business and its predilection for supporting franchises at the expense of other directors working on more introspective, non-franchise projects. A history of creative disagreements with producers and studio officials, whose fixation with financial success was diametrically opposed to his views on filmmaking, has pitted Coppola against the Hollywood elite throughout his career.
At the age of 83 and with a financial war chest large enough to fund his artistic ambitions, Coppola is prepared to invest a significant portion of his money in the making of Megalopolis. Coppola, releasing himself from the constraints of Hollywood, is prepared to do what he has done for the better part of five decades: tell the tale his way. He is aware that none of the major studios will be willing to commit large sums of money in a non-franchise type movie. He is willing to self-finance Megalopolis, which is projected to gross between $100 and $120 million.
When and Where is Megalopolis Filming?
Early November 2022 saw the start of Megalopolis filming at Trilith Studios in Georgia. Originally scheduled to wind up in March 2023, production issues with the movie have reportedly arisen. The film was originally planned to utilise The Mandalorian’s LED virtual staging technology, but due to budgetary constraints, those ideas were shelved. The whole visual effects team for the movie apparently left at the start of December, and it most recently lost its production designer and main supervising art director. Since the budget has already been exceeded, some people wonder if the movie can actually be finished.
After then, Coppola refuted the reports, saying in an interview:
I am on track and within my budget, and that is what is important to me. I really enjoy my cast.
Additionally, Driver refuted the claims, saying:
“This is all good! I’m not sure which set you’re referring to! I’m not familiar with that one! I’ve been on hectic sets before, but this one is by no means one of them.”
