Megalopolis movie storyline. An accident destroys a decaying metropolis called New Rome. Cesar Catilina, an idealist architect with the power to control time, aims to rebuild it as a sustainable utopia, while his opposition, corrupt Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remains committed to a regressive status quo. Torn between them is Franklyn’s socialite daughter and Cesar’s love interest, Julia, who, tired of the influence she inherited, searches for her life’s meaning.
Megalopolis is a 2024 American epic science fiction drama film written, directed, and produced by Francis Ford Coppola. Set in an imagined modern America following a devastating disaster, the film features an ensemble cast, including Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D. B. Sweeney, and Dustin Hoffman.
A longtime passion project for Coppola, who first conceived the idea for the film in 1977 and actively started developing it in 1983, Megalopolis underwent significant delays over the years. Coppola revived the project in 2019 by spending $120 million of his own money on the film. Filming took place from November 2022 to March 2023. The film is Coppola’s first directorial effort since Twixt (2011), marking his longest gap between films.
Megalopolis was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered on May 16, 2024, and polarized critics. In June 2024, one month after the film’s premiere, Lionsgate acquired distribution rights to the film in the United States and Canada, scheduling a release for September 27, 2024. However, it will likely have to share IMAX screens with the 10th anniversary IMAX 70 mm film re-release of Interstellar and will also have to give up those coveted premium large format screens a week later, as Joker: Folie à Deux, which was filmed with IMAX cameras, was released in theaters on October 4, 2024.
Megalopolis (2024)
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D. B. Sweeney, Dustin Hoffman
Screenplay by: Francis Ford Coppola
Production Design by: Beth Mickle, Bradley Rubin
Cinematography by: Mihai Mălaimare Jr.
Film Editing by: Cam McLauchlin, Glen Scantlebury
Costume Design by: Milena Canonero
Set Decoration by: Lisa K. Sessions
Art Direction by: Samantha Avila, Brittany Hites, Domenic Silvestri, Freddy Waff
Music by: Osvaldo Golijov
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content, nudity, drug use, language and some violence.
Distributed by: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: May 16, 2024 (Cannes), September 27, 2024 (United States)
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