"Francis Ford Coppola's 2024 " Megalopolis" went off like a bomb - a succès d'estime, film maudit, or total disaster, depending on your perspective. For his first feature in 13 years, and one decades in the making, the Oscar-winning "Apocalypse Now" and "The Godfather" filmmaker plunged more than $120 million of his own money into reimagining 21st-century New York City as a new Roman empire over which preside a visionary architect (Adam Driver) and a corrupt mayor (Giancarlo Esposito)."
"Production began in earnest at Georgia's Trilith Studios in November 2022, where Coppola bought out a Days Inn to convert into the production headquarters and the sprawling cast's (which included Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Jon Voight, Shia LaBeouf, and more) living quarters for a four-month-long shoot. Controversy followed, crews tussled, the trades reported mass exodus and creative disagreement on set."
"Filming all the while was Oscar-nominated "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Timecode" filmmaker Mike Figgis, who previously directed five documentaries of his own including one about a flamenco dance troupe. The result, with cameras rolling on set from production and onto quite literally the red carpet heading into the Palais des Festivals for the "Megalopolis" Cannes premiere, is the Venice-premiering documentary " Megadoc.""
Francis Ford Coppola returned to features after 13 years with Megalopolis, a decades-in-the-making reimagining of 21st-century New York as a Roman empire led by a visionary architect (Adam Driver) and a corrupt mayor (Giancarlo Esposito). Coppola invested over $120 million of his own money and filmed at Georgia’s Trilith Studios in November 2022, converting a Days Inn into production headquarters and cast housing for a four-month shoot. Production experienced crew conflicts, reports of mass exodus and creative disagreements, a divisive Cannes 2024 premiere, and a subdued fall release that grossed about $14 million worldwide. Mike Figgis filmed Megadoc, a Venice-premiering documentary that follows cameras from set to the Cannes red carpet.
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