Megalopolis l Francis Ford Coppola's future magnum opus l CINEMA HAS BEEN SAVED

[karlleng]

Any chance for a SuperBowl trailer?

[Macleod]

8 minutes ago, karlleng said:

Any chance for a SuperBowl trailer?

 

Doubt Coppola has the money for that!!  The film doesn't have any Distributors yet, I don't think...  But a Cannes premiere looks likely, whether in or out of competition.  

[WittyUsername]

1 hour ago, karlleng said:

Any chance for a SuperBowl trailer?

I don’t see that happening. 

[AniNate]

1 hour ago, Macleod said:

 

Doubt Coppola has the money for that!!  The film doesn't have any Distributors yet, I don't think...  But a Cannes premiere looks likely, whether in or out of competition.  

 

This is being self-financed and distributed by Coppola (via his American Zoetrope studio). He definitely has the money for a Super Bowl ad, though he doesn't seem like the type to promote there.

[titanic2187]

Do we have an precedent where a movie has no distributor but got one after a rave review in Cannes? I know a lot of indies found their buyers after Sundance but I am not sure this movie is totally on the different scale which will scare off smaller distributor like Focus feature, Searchlight or Lionsgate. So we probably need bigger studio or streamer. 

[AniNate]

Like I said, this is mostly self-financed by Coppola, he probably wouldn't even need a distributor, though his reputation might have major studios in a bidding war for a piece of the pie.

[WittyUsername]

18 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

Do we have a precedent where a movie has no distributor but got one after a rave review in Cannes? I know a lot of indies found their buyers after Sundance but I am not sure this movie is totally on the different scale which will scare off smaller distributor like Focus feature, Searchlight or Lionsgate. So we probably need bigger studio or streamer. 

Lionsgate did distribute Moonfall, so you never know. 

[grim22]

24 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

Do we have an precedent where a movie has no distributor but got one after a rave review in Cannes? I know a lot of indies found their buyers after Sundance but I am not sure this movie is totally on the different scale which will scare off smaller distributor like Focus feature, Searchlight or Lionsgate. So we probably need bigger studio or streamer. 

I remember Still Alice had no distributor but got one right after the TIFF raves it got and was pretty much rushed into theaters for Julianne Moore's campaign. That short turnaround is why a Kristen Stewart campaign was never mounted.

[AMC Theaters Enjoyer]

May December went to Cannes with no distributor last year, then Netflix picked it up after.

[dudalb]

On 2/7/2024 at 7:36 AM, WittyUsername said:

I don’t see that happening. 

It's not the kind of film you buy Superbowl time for. 

You buy time at the bowl for your summer blockbusters not an oscar bait serious work of art.

Edited February 10 by dudalb

[dudalb]

On 2/7/2024 at 8:55 AM, AniNate said:

Like I said, this is mostly self-financed by Coppola, he probably wouldn't even need a distributor, though his reputation might have major studios in a bidding war for a piece of the pie.

Coppola can make a distributor a offer they can't refuse....

[dudalb]

On 2/7/2024 at 8:46 AM, titanic2187 said:

Do we have an precedent where a movie has no distributor but got one after a rave review in Cannes? I know a lot of indies found their buyers after Sundance but I am not sure this movie is totally on the different scale which will scare off smaller distributor like Focus feature, Searchlight or Lionsgate. So we probably need bigger studio or streamer. 

Cannes is a big marketplace for films to find a dsitrbutor..though I think Coppola will not have the much trouble finding one.

[titanic2187]

 

 

Aren’t we already in early 2024?

[CoolioD1]

Yeah he's just gonna post it on youtube next week

[AniNate]

That's the same article I posted on the last page

 

Indiewire Twitter feed trying to fill dead air

 

 

Edited February 20 by AniNate

[dudalb]

On 2/20/2024 at 3:51 AM, titanic2187 said:

 

 

Aren’t we already in early 2024?

That photo is Copolla in Don Corleone mode.

[AniNate]

Cannes Film Festival: 'Furiosa' To 'Megalopolis', What's In The Mix? (deadline.com)

 

Francis Ford Coppola’s starry epic Megalopolis is a key piece of this year’s festival puzzle. Nothing is confirmed regarding a festival berth — so Cannes is still in play — but we understand the movie is on course for a big fall IMAX release which could make a Venice or North American festival launch more likely.

[kayumanggi]

 

[Eric the Ape]

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

 

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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.

[Reddroast]

1 minute ago, Eric Atreides said:

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

 

 

Alright. Place your bets. Who's getting it? My money's on Netflix because of mass chaos.

My guess is amazon/MGM or apple with paramount. It's pretty clear that FFC wants a theatrical run