Jump to content

Eric Atreides

Junior Admin
  • Posts

    35,545
  • Joined

  • Days Won

    439

Posts posted by Eric Atreides

  1. https://deadline.com/2024/03/francis-coppola-megalopolis-first-screening-distributors-citywalk-imax-1235871124/

     

    Quote

    EXCLUSIVE: Some 20 years after it was took root in the imagination of Francis Ford Coppola, Megalopolis screened this morning for the very first time. Held at the Universal CityWalk IMAX Theater, the epic film screened for buyers, and had every distributor in attendance. Also in tow were family friends and filmmakers, a list included Angelica Huston, Nicolas Cage, Andy Garcia, Spike Jonze, Al Pacino, Jon Favreau, Colleen Camp, Roger Corman, Darren Aronofsky, Cailee Spaeny and cast members Shia LaBeouf and Talia Shire.

     

    I was there also, and what can I say about the movie when I promised Coppola I would not do anything approximating a review? Coppola’s new film is crackling with ideas that fuse the past with the future, with an epic and highly visual drama that plays perfectly on an IMAX screen. He covers complex themes in a remarkably brief two hours and 13 minutes, not including credits. The destruction of a New York City-like metropolis after an accident pits clashing visions of the future, with an ambitious architectural idealist Cesar (Adam Driver) on one side. On the other is his sworn enemy, city Mayor Frank Cisero (Giancarlo Esposito). The debate becomes whether to embrace the future and build a utopia with renewable materials, or take the business-as-usual rebuild strategy, replete with corruption and power brokering. In between their struggle is the mayor’s socialite daughter Julia (Nathalie Emmanuel), a restless young woman who grew up around power and is looking for meaning in her life.

     

    It is not coincidental that the names come straight out of the Roman Empire. A filmmaker who as a child was stricken by polio, and watched the Jonas Salk vaccine eradicate that awful disease, Coppola delivers a big kiss to his possibilities of mankind’s ingenuity to adapt to and overcome most problems. He also injects a cautionary tale of what can happens when that rise to the occasion human spirit runs afoul of the greed, corruption and narcissism that helped topple the Roman Empire. The clash could not be more timely in an election year and a moment of heightened polarization and misinformation meant to spread agendas, sway the public and influence policy.

     

    I visited Coppola on the Atlanta set of Megalopolis one night, and there was a similar appreciation as today for one of the greatest living filmmakers. That night, as Coppola emerged from his Silverfish trailer, the crowd around him parted like he was General Patton, the script that won him his first Oscar. There was magic in the chilly night air as he filmed scenes of anarchy, with Mike Figgis shooting a documentary about the making of the film. And, sitting there in shorts on a beach chair, was Jack Black., He was not in the film, but just showed up most nights to watch Coppola work. The crowd at CityWalk also massed in anticipation that this was somehow going to be a special film. Among those I spotted were Tom Rothman, Ted Sarandos, Pam Abdy, Mary Parent, Matt Greenstein, David Greenbaum, Donna Langley, Courtenay Valenti, Daria Cercek and Marc Weinstock, and Michael Barker.

     

    All were effusive as they crowded around Coppola following the touching finale. Well wishers included his son, Roman Coppola (the film’s second united director), and his sister Talia Shire, who embraced her brother as the credits rolled and said simply, “You did it.”

     

    Now it is up to Coppola’s longtime attorney Barry Hirsch to help Coppola find a distribution partner to bring the film to a wide theatrical audience. While Cannes and fall festivals like Venice, Telluride and Toronto are knocking, Coppola and Hirsch won’t make a final decision where to debut the film until that distribution partner is secured and a firm rollout plan is put in place.

     

    Alright. Place your bets. Who's getting it? My money's on Netflix because they'll pay the most money for it and the most annoying answer is typically the one that's right.

  2. Quorum Updates

    Civil War T-16: 28.75%

    Abigail T-23: 25.08%

    Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes T-44: 53.42%

    Beetlejuice Beetlejuice T-163: 45.22%

    Wolfs T-177: 15.95%

    Gladiator 2 T-240: 31.23%

     

    Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire T-2: 64.80% Awareness

    Final Awareness: 100% chance of 20M, 91% chance of 30M, 87% chance of 40M, 74% chance of 50M, 61% chance of 60M, 48% chance of 70M, 35% chance of 80M, 30% chance of 100M

    Tentpole Awareness: 100% chance of 30M, 88% chance of 40M, 78% chance of 60M, 44% chance of 70M, 33% chance of 80M, 22% chance of 100M

     

    Challengers T-30: 17.67% Awareness

    T-30 Awareness: 14% chance of 10M

    Low Awareness: 11% chance of 10M

     

    Tarot T-37: 23.31% Awareness

    T-30 Awareness: 54% chance of 10M, 17% chance of 20M

    Tentpole Awareness: 56% chance of 10M, 25% chance of 20M

     

    Furiosa T-58: 26.54% Awareness

    T-60 Awareness: 59% chance of 10M, 31% chance of 20M, 12% chance of 30M, 9% chance of 40M, 3% chance of 70M, 2% chance of 80M

    Tentpole Awareness: 100% chance of 10M, 50% chance of 40M

    • Like 3
    • Thanks 2
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Guidelines. Feel free to read our Privacy Policy as well.