MEGALOPOLIS Teaser Trailer Reveals More Of Francis Ford Coppola's Roman Epic Fable Set In Modern America

MEGALOPOLIS Teaser Trailer Reveals More Of Francis Ford Coppola's Roman Epic Fable Set In Modern America

In a new teaser trailer for Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis, we see more of the world he's created as part of a story which takes us to the City of New Rome. Check out the eye-catching sneak peek here!

By JoshWilding - May 14, 2024 07:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: SFFGazette.com

The latest teaser trailer for Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis has been released (via SFFGazette.com), offering our best look yet at the legendary filmmaker's "Roman epic fable." 

Showcasing a society in chaos, we see here that Coppola is essentially telling a classic Ancient Rome fable in a modern version of America. The visuals are undeniably gorgeous and the director clearly hopes this will be his magnum opus (with a $120 million budget, most of which is his thought to be the director's own money, he's certainly sunk enough into it). 

However, Megalopolis - which Coppola began writing in 1983 - still doesn't have distribution. Following a recent screening attended by studio and streaming executives, one distributor said, "There is just no way to position this movie," with the implication being that it's likely to struggle in theaters.

As a result, this one may end up on VOD/streaming.

Megalopolis is a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare.

Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel), the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.

The movie also stars Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D.B. Sweeney, and Dustin Hoffman.

"I thought it was kind of funny," Plaza recently told Deadline of the production problem rumours surrounding Megalopolis. "I would defend Francis all day long, but he doesn’t need my defense."

"I think when you’re on the inside of it, and you know what’s really going down, it’s almost like, 'Let them make up their stories and let them cause a big ruckus about it. Why not? Drum up some more attention for the movie.' I think it ends up, in my mind, all working for the movie."

The Legion star added, "People want that, especially with him, with all the stories about Apocalypse Now. They want it to be a disaster, they want some big epic...whatever. Knowing Francis like I do now, I would think that it wouldn’t bother him at all, that he would love the tales that are being told about the film, like, 'Go on, make up all the stories you want.'"

Megalopolis will premiere in competition at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival later this week.

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FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 5/14/2024, 7:14 AM
Just release it and let the movie position itself. It was never going to be a blockbuster anyway. If you want that, you hire Nolan.
Spawnnn
Spawnnn - 5/14/2024, 7:35 AM
@FireandBlood - Who are you talking to? The movie was financed by Coppola himself. He does the [frick] he wants.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 5/14/2024, 7:39 AM
@Spawnnn - He can do what he wants, but his movie isn’t making any money regardless because like it or not, Coppola doesn’t have any clout like that with audiences anymore.
Spawnnn
Spawnnn - 5/14/2024, 7:44 AM
@FireandBlood - I hope he finds your comment, so he will stop spending money on things he wants.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 5/14/2024, 7:48 AM
@Spawnnn - Okay, are you Francis? You seem to be taking this very personally, even though nobody was digging at him or the movie. Article is literally about positioning this movie for release, and how difficult that is because of the nature of the movie in question, and my initial comment was in reference to that, simply stating that because of the type of movie this is, there isn’t a window where releasing this is going to help the movie so release it and let it position itself. So tuck your piss flaps away and calm down.
Spoken
Spoken - 5/14/2024, 9:33 AM
@FireandBlood - I think he could care less if the movie makes money or not. Hence why he spent so much money on a movie he's been trying to make for over twenty years.

It's called "passion" and that's what drove Francis to do this.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 5/14/2024, 9:54 AM
@Spoken - That’s fine, but distributers do, and that’s the point. He’s one cog in a bigger machine, and nobody’s working for free here. Well, except him.

So unless he’s going to pay a studio to distribute his movie, they’re going to have find some way to make a profit out of this.
Spoken
Spoken - 5/14/2024, 10:26 AM
@FireandBlood - I think he is well aware of that, and distributors outside of the US already bought the rights for it (without streaming rights mind you, only theatrical) so yeah it's very possible it will still happen.

Question is which studio is willing to take a loss with his work is the big question? Other than that, Francis does not care and he is for sure well aware of how the movie business works.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 5/14/2024, 10:30 AM
@Spoken - Okay, but what’s your point? It’s a weird response to a comment that wasn’t even stating whether or not Francis cared. In fact, Francis never even got mentioned. I’m saying a studio needs to pick it up and let the movie position itself, that’s it.

Out here trying to defend Francis when the man isn’t even being attacked. Odd behaviour, honestly.
UncleHarm1
UncleHarm1 - 5/14/2024, 12:51 PM
@FireandBlood - 😂

This site should be renamed pissflaps.com
The1st
The1st - 5/14/2024, 12:53 PM
@Spawnnn - Some just gravitate to who and what they know/grew up with I guess. Personally, I'm looking forward to it.
YouFlopped
YouFlopped - 5/14/2024, 7:28 AM
Damn Francis making flops now? Shoulda went to marvel.

30 films 30 billion
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 5/14/2024, 7:39 AM
Seems kinda all over the place. Coppola is one of the greats. This film feels like it might not be.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 5/14/2024, 7:42 AM
Such a big REVEAL!!!!!
S8R8M
S8R8M - 5/14/2024, 7:46 AM
Looks good. I think Coppola can pull it off.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 5/14/2024, 8:07 AM
I like the trailer, but it does have that Blade Runner type of vibe that normally does not go well with the general audience. May become a cult classic one day if it's indeed good.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/14/2024, 8:22 AM
This looks absolutely GORGEOUS. See if the story and writing compliment that.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 5/14/2024, 8:46 AM
Looks amazing.
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 5/14/2024, 8:47 AM
Looks like a dated hot mess.
Armpitwebs
Armpitwebs - 5/14/2024, 8:59 AM
I’m more excited to see this than any movie in the last 20 years. Huge Coppola fan.
Really rooting for it to be great.
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/14/2024, 9:08 AM
Will watch trailer when I get home from work but Coppola is enough for me to watch.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/14/2024, 9:29 AM
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It certainly LOOKS gorgeous but I can see how it might too “out there” for a general audience aswell.

The cast is good too so I might give it a shot!!.
Spoken
Spoken - 5/14/2024, 10:24 AM
Trailer looks amazing!

It doesn't look like this will hit streaming anytime soon, as Coppola already has five international distributors right now and none of the streaming rights were granted to the distributors.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 5/14/2024, 10:45 AM
Looks beautiful but im rather lost when it comes to what the f*ck this is about
MaxPaint
MaxPaint - 5/14/2024, 11:02 AM
Looks good, I'll watch it for sure.
CapemA
CapemA - 5/14/2024, 12:10 PM
Proof read your article, especially the headline:

MegaLopolis.
Cleander
Cleander - 5/14/2024, 12:50 PM
The Guardian just broke a story that Francis Ford Coppola was fiddling with his female extras to get them in the mood
TheMetaMan
TheMetaMan - 5/14/2024, 2:47 PM
Looks good. Impressive cast. I’m intrigued I will certainly check it out at some point.
throwaway2024
throwaway2024 - 5/14/2024, 5:41 PM
Things like this finally convinced me that there is barely anything left in today's Hollywood. So much for "legendary" directors and other people.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 5/15/2024, 1:27 AM
I was curious since I heard about the title and the difficult process to work on this, I still am looking forward to it although the current news about what happened on set could end up getting more attraction than the film itself.

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