Francis Ford Coppola ends production of Megalopolis after 40 years of development

Francis Ford Coppola ends production of Megalopolis after 40 years of development

Megalopolis stars Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel and Laurence Fishburne

Project with many backstage controversies and several delays, megalopolisnext film from the legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, ended production after more than 40 years in development. The announcement was made on social media.

The idea for the film came about in the 1980s, but Coppola had no budget to take megalopolis of the paper. Because of this, according to NME, the filmmaker couldn’t get funding from movie studios, so he put his own money into the project. To be able to do this, he sold many properties, such as wineries that were in California, to be able to pay for the film, which cost approximately $ 100 million, about R$ 508 million.

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In addition to driving, Francis Ford Coppola also wrote the screenplay for megalopoliswhose plot follows an architect, played by Adam Driverwho wants to rebuild New York City as a utopia after a devastating disaster.

In addition to driverthe film’s cast also includes names such as aubrey plaza, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Laurence Fishburne, Shia LaBeouf, Jason Schwartzman, Talia Shire, Dustin Hoffman, Forest Whitaker, Isabelle Kusmanbetween others.

Source: Rollingstone

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