Megalopolis release date, news, and everything we know about The Godfather director's divisive new movie
May. 17, 2024The film has split critics
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Francis Ford Coppola’s sci-fi epic Megalopolishas received its first reviews after premiering at Cannes, and to say it’s been divisive would be an understatement. Starring the likes of Adam Driver and Aubrey Plaza, the much-talked-about latest fromThe Godfatherdirector has become one of the most anticipated films of the year.
Below, we’ve compiled a guide to all of the details released about Megalopolis so far, including its cast, trailers, and what Coppola has said about it. We’ve also looked at its predicted release date, as it looks set to land a wide release later this year.
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Reviewer Anna Smith writes: “Lofty ideas and meta references to Coppola suggest that this is a personal ode to his art, and given that the writer/director has worked on it for some 40 years, it’s clearly a passion project. But it is hard to share his reverence for his narrative when the dialogue is mannered to the point of distraction, and each performance seems to come from a different movie.”
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Currently, the film’sRotten Tomatoesscore sits at 50%, with reviews ranging from one star to five stars.
The Megalopolis cast is seriously star-studded, featuring rising stars as well as some frequent Coppola collaborators. Check out the full list below:
Megalopolis is set in a decaying New York City-like metropolis called New Rome. Adam Driver plays idealistic architect Cesar Catilina with the ability to stop time. The film begins with his big plans to rebuild the city as a sustainable utopia. However, his main opposition – Mayor Franklyn Cicero – is determined to keep the struggling city stuck in its old ways. Torn between the two men is Julia, Cicero’s daughter and Cesar’s girlfriend, who is searching for the meaning of life.
The film has been a long time in the making for Coppola, who shared his vision withVanity Fair. “I wasn’t really working on this screenplay for 40 years as I often see written, but rather I was collecting notes and clippings for a scrapbook of things I found interesting for some future screenplay, or examples of political cartoons or different historical subjects,” he saidwhen debuting the first image.
There have been a couple of Megalopolis trailers so far. Thefirst was just a teaser showing Driver on top of a skyscraper stopping time. However, the main trailer, which you can watch above, is even more surreal.
In it, Laurence Fishburne’s Fundi Romaine is driving around as he says in a voiceover: “When does an empire die? Does it collapse in one terrible moment? No, no, but there comes a time when its people no longer believe in it.” It also featured the first real looks at Aubrey Plaza and Shia LaBeouf, as well as moving statues and neon-infused scenes.
I’m the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering TV and film for the Total Film and SFX sections online. I previously worked as a Senior Showbiz Reporter and SEO TV reporter at Express Online for three years. I’ve also written for The Resident magazines and Amateur Photographer, before specializing in entertainment.
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