Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ trailer abuzz ahead of Cannes Film Festival debut

The trailer for legendary director Francis Ford Coppola’s “” debuted Monday and intrigue continues to develop because the practically 2-minute teaser inches nearer to at least one million views on YouTube.

Set to premiere at , Coppola’s self-funded “Megalopolis” is a “Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Fashionable America,” in response to the . Cannes, which kicked off Tuesday, runs to Might 25.

“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,” the bio says. “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.”

Within the caption for the trailer on YouTube, Coppola stated, “Our new movie MEGALOPOLIS is the most effective work I’ve ever had the privilege to preside over.” As of Tuesday afternoon, the trailer has already amassed practically 1 million views on YouTube.

Coppola is famously recognized for steering the basic “Godfather” collection that includes the late Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone.

Francis Ford Coppola rewrote ‘Megalopolis’ 300 instances

Coppa advised in April that he rewrote “Megalopolis” 300 instances, “hoping every rewrite would enhance it, if solely a half % higher.” The Oscar-winning director additionally stated he paid for the venture’s $120 million price range, the outlet reported.

“The seeds for ‘Megalopolis’ had been planted when as a child I noticed H.G. Wells’s ‘Issues to Come,‘” Coppola stated in a written assertion to Self-importance Honest. “This Nineteen Thirties Korda basic is about constructing the world of tomorrow, and has at all times been with me, first because the ‘boy scientist’ I used to be and later as a filmmaker.”

Earlier than deciding on the Roman epic, Coppola stated within the assertion, “I wasn’t actually engaged on this screenplay for 40 years as I usually see written, however reasonably I used to be amassing notes and clippings for a scrapbook of issues I discovered attention-grabbing for some future screenplay, or examples of political cartoons or totally different historic topics,” Self-importance Honest reported.

Coppola additionally shared his hopes for “Megalopolis” after its Cannes debut.

“It’s my dream that ‘Megalopolis’ will change into a New 12 months’s Eve perennial favourite, with audiences discussing afterwards not their new diets or resolutions to not smoke, however reasonably this easy query: ‘Is the society by which we stay the one one obtainable to us?’”

Solid of ‘Megalopolis’

• Adam Driver as Caesar Catalina

• Nathalie Emmanuel as Julia Cicero

• Giancarlo Esposito as Mayor Franklyn Cicero

• Shia LaBeouf as Clodio Pulcher

• Aubrey Plaza as Wow Platinum

• Laurence Fishburne as Fundi Romaine

• Dustin Hoffman as Nush “The Fixer” Berman

• Jon Voight as Hamilton Crassus III

• Jason Schwartzman as Jason Zanderz

• Chloe Fineman in an undisclosed position

• James Remar in an undisclosed position

• Kathryn Hunter as Teresa Cicero

• Grace VanderWaal as Vesta Sweetwater

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