We’ve already seen countless images, trailers and posters for the sci-fi sequel “Dune: Part Two” starring Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides. But to Francis Ford Coppola dream project”Megalopolis“? Nothing! The publication of the gigantic work of science fiction is only a few months away. as the director now announced – and that only makes you more curious about the mysterious project.
For a major cinema blockbuster, the application actually starts early. On the other hand, there have been very few updates on “Megalopolis” starring “Star Wars” star Adam Driver – aside from reports that filming was chaotic, which Coppola himself immediately denied, and of course snapshots from the set .
“Megalopolis”: This is what Francis Ford Coppola says about the start date
The sci-fi actor was shot in March 2023, after which the ‘Apocalypse Now’ director began post-production. which will probably require a lot of technical (and therefore time) effort, because the filmmaker wants to use revolutionary new techniques. But details about the project remained scarce. Now the filmmaker has left the podcast The Accutron Show (through ) announce that “Megalopolis” is not only targeting a theatrical release in 2024, but that it will happen sooner or later in the year:
“It will only be a few months before it comes out,” Coppola said of the 2024 launch. ‘A few months’ obviously leaves room for interpretation, but it certainly looks a lot like the first half of 2024 – and there are already the first rumors that the premiere of ‘Megalopolis’ could take place at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2024. .
Dream project that no one wanted to do
Francis Ford Coppola has been planning the implementation of his dream project ‘Megalopolis’ for 40 years. But even if you thought all doors in Hollywood would always be open to the directorial legend behind masterpieces like ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’ – Over the decades, Coppola simply never realized his science fiction project. After all, he wasn’t immune to flops like “One with a Heart,” which meant studios had to tread carefully when it came to investing money in a vision that seemed insane. Even the driver who is now involved said this in an interview admit that you are definitely “taking risks” with “Megalopolis”, but also described the film as “so imaginative and big and epic and brave”.
Ultimately, Coppola himself invested in his project – and one pumped Record amount of at least 100 million dollars from its own assets to the budget of “Megalopolis”. No filmmaker before him probably put so much into his own idea. Being a self-funded project, “Megalopolis” currently has no distributor – so there’s not only the exciting question of when exactly the sci-fi epic will be released, but also which studio will ultimately release it. whether Coppola still has enough money in his pocket to achieve this himself.
“He is unusual, he is never boring”
Coppola said only a few more words about the film itself in the podcast – so the secrecy is completely intentional: “All I can tell you is that I love the actors in it. He is unusual and never boring. Other than that I can only wait and see.”
The general plot of “Megalopolis” is as follows: The New York of the future has been destroyed by a catastrophe and an architect plans to rebuild the city – not as it once was, but as a vast, completely new utopia. But the vision faces resistance from the city’s mayor. And above all, the architect has a love affair with the mayor’s daughter…
Huge Star Lineup for “Megalopolis”
Regardless of whether the risky venture ‘Megalopolis’ turns out to be a critically acclaimed masterpiece or an epic flop – Hollywood stars have certainly beaten Francis Ford Coppola to the lead role in his latest work. And so, in addition to Adam Driver, there is also Aubrey Plaza (“The White Lotus”), Forest Whitaker (“Rogue One”), Dustin Hoffman (“Rain Man”), Nathalie Emmanuel (“Game Of Thrones”), Jon Voight (“ Mission: Impossible”), Shia LaBeouf (“Transformers”), Natalie Emmanuel (“Game Of Thrones”), Laurence Fishburne (“The Matrix”), Jason Schwartzman (“Asteroid City”) and Giancarlo Esposito (“The Mandalorian”) also star.
And “Dune 2”? Now that much more is known about the sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” and how good part 1 was, we are more than certain that this will certainly be one of the sci-fi highlights of 2024. “Dune: part two“ hits theaters on February 29, 2024, you can watch the trailer here: