{"id":95022,"date":"2024-05-04T18:02:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T18:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/04\/francis-ford-coppolas-epic-megalopolis-drops-first-trailer\/"},"modified":"2024-05-04T18:02:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T18:02:11","slug":"francis-ford-coppolas-epic-megalopolis-drops-first-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/04\/francis-ford-coppolas-epic-megalopolis-drops-first-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Ford Coppola&#8217;s Epic \u2018Megalopolis\u2019 Drops First Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\">Buzz continues to grow for <em>Megalopolis<\/em>, the decades-in-the-making movie from director <strong>Francis Ford Coppola<\/strong>. The movie, which the 85-year-old director funded himself, has yet to find a U.S. distributor. With first-look photos released earlier this week, as well as today\u2019s trailer, its fortunes might soon change: according to Coppola, the $120 million epic will be offered up to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/cannes-2024-lineup-little-gold-men-awards-insider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it will officially premiere<\/a> in competition on May 16.<\/p>\n<p>The movie boasts a vast cast that includes <strong>Adam Driver<\/strong>, <strong>Nathalie Emmanuel<\/strong>, <strong>Aubrey Plaza<\/strong>, <strong>Giancarlo Esposito<\/strong>, <strong>Shia LaBeouf<\/strong>, <strong>Dustin Hoffman<\/strong>, <strong>Jon Voight<\/strong>, and <strong>Laurence Fishburne<\/strong>. What it\u2019s about is far harder to quantify: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/megalopolis-francis-ford-coppola-first-look-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writing to <em>Vanity Fair<\/em><\/a>, the director cited H.G. Wells, the September 11 attacks, and a 63 BC battle between Roman politician Cicero and an insurrectionist named Catiline.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE KeCSR caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI fmQnYP asset-embed__caption\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd eurnFY iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel in the first official image from Francis Ford Coppola\u2019s Megalopolis.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd bCPQcu fNaHcW caption__credit\">Courtesy of American Zoetrope \/ Megalopolis \/ Mihai Malaimare.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cThe story would take place in a somewhat stylized New York City, portrayed as the center of the power of the world, and Cicero would be the mayor during a time of great financial upheaval, such as the financial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2020\/12\/26\/david-dinkins-the-right-mayor-at-the-wrong-time-445217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crisis<\/a> under former Mayor Dinkins,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vanityfair.com\/article\/2007\/12\/the-liberation-of-francis-ford-coppola\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">director of <em>The Godfather<\/em> and <em>Apocalypse Now<\/em><\/a> wrote to explain the 40-year evolution of his <em>Megalopolis<\/em> script.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cCesar, in turn, would be a master builder, a great architect, designer, and scientist combining elements of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/19\/nyregion\/robert-moses-straight-line-crazy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Moses<\/a>, as\u00a0portrayed in the brilliant biography\u00a0<em><a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Power-Broker-Robert-Moses-Fall\/dp\/0394720245?ots=1&amp;tag=vanfai0d-20&amp;linkCode=w50\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Power-Broker-Robert-Moses-Fall\/dp\/0394720245?ots=1&amp;tag=vanfai0d-20&amp;linkCode=w50&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Power-Broker-Robert-Moses-Fall\/dp\/0394720245?ots=1&amp;tag=vanfai0d-20&amp;linkCode=w50\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Power Broker<\/a>,<\/em> with architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Raymond Loewy, Norman Bel Geddes, or Walter Gropius.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">We don\u2019t see any of that in the clip, which shows a black-clad Driver stepping off the edge of a domed skyscraper and then seemingly stopping time. Those who attended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/francis-ford-coppolas-megalopolis-reportedly-faces-an-uphill-climb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an April screening in Los Angele<\/a>s might have more insight into how the teaser might play into the final film, in which Driver\u2019s character\u2014an architect intent on rebuilding a ruined city\u2014goes up against a corrupt mayor (Esposito) who prefers the status quo.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"IframeEmbed\" class=\"IframeEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZcniq iframe-embed\">\n<div data-testid=\"IframeEmbedContainer\" class=\"IframeEmbedContainer-hptgUZ exKzIz\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"IframeEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IframeEmbedContent\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" title=\"Embedded Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ZZL3U1j3K1c\" allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-write; autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><em>This post has been updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/francis-ford-coppola-megalopolis-trailer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buzz continues to grow for Megalopolis, the decades-in-the-making movie from director Francis Ford Coppola. The movie, which the 85-year-old director funded himself, has yet to find a U.S. distributor. With first-look photos released earlier this week, as well as today\u2019s trailer, its fortunes might soon change: according to Coppola, the $120 million epic will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5017,2244],"class_list":{"0":"post-95022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity","8":"tag-adam-driver","9":"tag-francis-ford-coppola"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}