Megalopolis

Nearly five years ago, acclaimed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola talked about his plans to finally create a movie he’s had cooking in his head since the ‘80s. He even tried to make it during the early 2000s, but 9/11 made that impossible, since he felt it would be in bad taste. But twenty years later, he’s finally made Megalopolis, and it’ll see the light of day later this year.Will You Click Windows’ New Copilot Button?During a recent episode of the Accutron podcast, Coppola confirmed it would be “a few months” of…

PolarisRooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix at the Oscars. Photograph: Mike Blake/ReutersPolaris will be the fifth feature film completed in the 25-year career of the unprolific yet consistently excellent Lynne Ramsay, and her first since 2017. She works with a glacial patience matching the one sentence of information known about her next project: “Set in Alaska during the 1890s, an ice photographer meets the devil.” With real-life couple Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara as the only announced cast, either one could conceivably…

Image via Disney Plus / Lucasfilm Giancarlo Esposito is only adding more to his stock, with him joining the cast of Francis Ford Coppola’s latest film Megalopolis, which prompts the inevitable question of whether or not he’s the antagonist. The already stacked cast which has seen the likes of Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Laurence Fishburne, and Jon Voight can now count on the Breaking Bad alum to add further fuel to its creative fires according to Deadline. Megalopolis is set to…

Does Francis Ford Coppola really need a reason to do anything anyway? The legendary Hollywood director’s latest film Megalopolis has been in the works for decades — and now that production is finally underway, the first set photos have us seriously interested. The cast of this upcoming protopian epic is about as star-studded as any movie ever made, with names like (deep breath): Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Zendaya, Jon Voight, Giancarlo Esposito, Grace VanderWaal, Shia LaBeouf, Oscar Isaac, Nathalie Emmanuel, Michelle…

Shia LaBeouf has joined the cast of Francis Ford Coppola’s $100-million epic feature, Megalopolis. The movie boasts an all-star line-up, including Adam Driver, Forest Whitaker, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight and Laurence Fishburne. The screenplay was penned by Coppola in the 1980s. The story is reportedly set in an alternate reality version of New York City dubbed ‘New Rome’. LaBeouf’s casting comes after the star had been all but blacklisted from Hollywood after musician FKA Twigs, his…

Shia LaBeouf has been cast in Francis Ford Coppola’s forthcoming film Megalopolis.The controversial actor is currently awaiting trial after being sued by his former partner, the musician FKA twigs, for “relentless abuse” including allegations of sexual battery, assault, and infliction of emotional distress.LaBeouf has denied causing twigs “any injury or loss”, saying that she is not “entitled to any relief or damages whatsoever”.Megalopolis is a longstanding passion project for The Godfather director Coppola, who is…

Image: Lisa Maree Williams / Stringer (Getty Images)Not much is known about Chris Hemsworth’s character in the new Mad Max: Fury Road prequel movie, Furiosa, but we do know he’s on set! Stargirl gets a season three featurette, Scooby-Doo has a new trailer, and the Winx Saga finally gets a new trailer for season two.The power of spoilers compels you! (To keep reading.)MegalopolisAubrey Plaza has joined the cast of Francis Ford Coppola’s long-gestating passion project, Megalopolis, a film said to parallel the fall of Rome…

Francis Ford Coppola has set his cast for his upcoming film Megalopolis. This will be Coppola’s first film since 2011’s Twixt. He first wrote this film back in the early 1980s but failed to get it off the ground due to its grand ambition. The cast includes Adam Driver, Forest Whitaker, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, and Nathalie Emmanuel. Coppola is putting his money where his mouth is and self-funding the project, which is reportedly estimated to cost around $100 million. Here is the logline according to Deadline: “The…