Francis Ford Coppola has revealed the primary have a look at Megalopolis, his self-funded sci-fi epic starring Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, 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.
A mission many years within the making, Coppola financed a lot of the $120 million movie himself. The movie is ready to premiere at Cannes in Could, however has but to safe a US launch.
Megalopolis is described as “a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Fashionable America. The Metropolis of New Rome should change, inflicting battle between Cesar Catilina, a genius artist who seeks to leap right into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who stays dedicated to a regressive established order, perpetuating greed, particular pursuits, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to find what she actually believes humanity deserves.”
Megalopolis marks Coppola’s first directorial effort in 13 years. Recognized for movies comparable to The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, and The Outsiders, he final directed Twixt in 2011.