Francis Ford Coppola will create an event at the Cannes Film Festival by presenting “Megalopolis”, a Dantesque project that he has been making for more than 40 years.
It is a very mysterious project that promises to create an event in a few days. More than 40 years have passed since then Francis Ford Coppola Think about his next film, Megalopolis. After slowing down following the September 11 attacks, the project has finally resumed in recent years. And the wait will soon be over, because the director of Godfather and D’Apocalypse now will present this new feature film at the Cannes Film Festival from May 14th to 25th, 2024. The 85-year-old filmmaker is also in contention for the Palme d’Or and could win the third of his career.
I have to say that Megalopolis is a particularly ambitious project. Firstly because of its long development, but also because of its plot, which begins with the destruction of a city of the same size as New York, in which two diametrically opposed visions of the future emerge. On one side an ambitious and visionary architect, on the other his enemy, the mayor of the city, who represents the corrupt old world. And in the middle of it all is the politician’s daughter, who is looking for meaning in her life.
Crazy casting and a release date that is still unclear
Even if Megalopolis If it doesn’t win the Palme d’Or at the next Cannes Film Festival, the climb up the steps before the film’s screening will certainly be spectacular. In the cast of the film we find big names like Adam Driver (war of stars), Nathalie Emmanuel (game of Thrones), Dustin Hoffman (The winner), Shia LaBeouf (Transformers), Giancarlo Esposito (Break Bad), Laurence Fishburne (matrix), Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation) or Jason Schwartzman (A Bord du Darjeeling Limited). Just that!
The release date has not been officially announced for now. According to data from Point, the film is being distributed by the French company Le Pacte and there has been mention of a theatrical release in France next September, but nothing specific or official yet as the film does not yet have a distributor in the United States. It must be said that although the project is ambitious, its commercial potential is still very uncertain. What is certain is that Cannes audiences will discover it in the coming weeks and the film is scheduled to hit theaters this year.
Summary – A visionary architect tries to create the ideal city of the future based on ecological growth, but sees his dreams clash with those of the city’s mayor, who represents a corrupt old world.
