86 years, 67 films, 2 Oscars: will this holy monster of Hollywood soon return to the cinema?

Because coincidence sometimes makes all things right, Dustin Hoffman is treated to double the news this Wednesday, March 27. Between the theatrical release of Kung Fu Panda 4, where he once again voices Master Shifu in the original version, and Arteze’s Kramer vs. Kramer.

One of the most emblematic films of the interpreter’s impressive career in Captain Hook’s Hook. The drama is set against the backdrop of his divorce from Meryl Streep, which won him the first of two Oscars for Best Actor, nine years before he won for Rain Man.

A long abandoned project

Now 86-year-old Dustin Hoffman is a bit rarer in cinema. But we will find him in one of the most anticipated films of the year. And even in the 21st century, as its director has been trying to make it happen since 2001: Francis Ford Coppola’s Megapolis.

Which doesn’t have a release date yet, but we imagine it will be unveiled with previews and much fanfare sometime in May. As part of a festival in the south of France, from where its director has twice left with a Palme d’Or bag (thanks to Secret Conversations and Apocalypse Now).

Recent rumors suggest that the film will not be ready on time. But we never know. And if Megalopolis were to be part of the Cannes selection, which will be announced on April 11, there’s no telling if its author would attempt a hat-trick. Because it can, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, another icon of New Hollywood, be presented without competition.

Offers one of the most beautiful red carpets of this edition, as the cast, in addition to Dustin Hoffman, includes Adam Driver (full of results), Natalie Emmanuel, Laurence Fishburne, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf. , or even Jason Schwartzman, Francis Ford Coppola’s nephew.

The actors gathered around the story of the reconstruction of New York, after the cataclysm, by an architect who then tries to create a utopia. A project that was halted by the attacks of September 11, 2001, which was long considered final.

But the Godfather director never let go of what could be his final (magnum?) opus. The feature film, which we imagine is as colossal as its title, for which he self-financed a $100 million budget, and which, according to certain rumors, had a chaotic shoot.

While Adam Driver will play the lead role and add a new prestigious name to his crazy CV, the character played by Dustin Hoffman is still unknown. But it will probably be next May when her actor can present another feature film currently in production: Peter Greenaway’s Lucca Mortis.