Francis Ford Coppola has filed a whopping libel lawsuit against Variety magazine and two of the publication’s executive editors, after a story ran in July alleging that the director behaved inappropriately on the set of Megalopolis, his latest film set to hit theatres. In scathing court documents, filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court Tuesday … Read more
The Oscar-winning director behind The Godfather and Apocalypse Now is set to debut his passion project blockbuster next month. After years in development hell, Francis Ford Coppola sold a portion of his California winery to find the $120 million budget of Megalopolis. A sci-fi drama inspired by Roman history, the film starring Adam Driver premiered … Read more
The buzz around Francis Ford Coppola’s upcoming film just got a whole lot weirder. While cinephiles were veritably salivating to see his polarizing new epic “Megalopolis,” Coppola was accused earlier this year of trying to kiss his extras — and is now seeing his latest trailer yanked for featuring fake or misattributed quotes from long-dead … Read more
Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola has been planning on making Megalopolis for almost half a century. After decades of development hell, the legendary filmmaker announced he would self-finance the project by selling part of his Californian winery to put $120 million into the budget. The experimental sci-fi epic premiered at Cannes this year and ended … Read more
The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola has had his passion project Megalopolis in development for over 40 years. Having put up his vineyard to finance the $120 million experimental sci-fi epic, it’s now ready to compete for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival this month. First reactions from early industry screenings have been … Read more
