Francis Ford Coppola is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of all time just for The Godfather trilogy alone, but he's been quiet in recent years, not having directed a movie since 2016. That is going to change soon, as Coppola is expected to debut his passion project as part of the 2024 new movie slate, Megalopolis.
Described as Coppola's most ambitious project to date — which is saying something considering what he went through getting Apocalypse Now made — Megalopolis features an all-star cast, a $120 million budget and a story that has reportedly been on Coppola's mind for the last 40 years.
With all that as background, here is everything that we know about Megalopolis right now.
Megalopolis release date
There is no confirmed release date for Megalopolis right now, though it is widely believed the movie will be released in 2024.
Coppola, who financed the movie himself, said on a podcast taped in January that the movie's release was "only going to be a few months and it'll be out," and a screening for studios has taken place, though no US distribution deal has been announced as of yet; the UK and other international territories have begun to line up deals, but no release date has been announced.
The movie screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May, its first wide showing.
Megalopolis cast
The cast of Megalopolis has no shortage of star power, but the only actor whose role we know is Adam Driver (Ferrari, House of Gucci), who plays the lead character of Caesar.
As for the rest of the cast, it includes:
- Forest Whitaker (Godfather of Harlem, Respect)
- Nathalie Emmanuel (Fast & Furious, Game of Thrones)
- Jon Voight (Ray Donovan, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
- Laurence Fishburne (John Wick: Chapter 4, Apocalypse Now)
- Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus season 2, Emily the Criminal)
- Shia LaBeouf (Pieces of a Woman, The Peanut Butter Falcon)
- Chloe Fineman (Saturday Night Live, Father of the Bride)
- Kathryn Hunter (Poor Things, Andor)
- Dustin Hoffman (Sam & Kate, The Graduate)
- DW Sweeney (Sharp Objects, The Cutting Edge)
- Talia Shire (Rocky, The Godfather)
- Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes)
- Bailey Ives
- Grace Vanderwaal (Stargirl)
- James Remar (Oppenheimer, Magnum P.I.)
- Giancarlo Esposito (The Mandalorian, Breaking Bad)
Get the first official look at Driver and Emmanuel in the movie from this feature by Vanity Fair.
Megalopolis plot
Coppola describes Megalopolis as an "unusual epic," and that rings true from the official logline, which reads:
"The fate of Rome haunts a modern world unable to solve its own social problems in this epic story of political ambition, genius and dangerous love."
Megalopolis trailer
Here are the first teasers for Megalopolis ahead of the movie's world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival:
Megalopolis reviews
Following its Cannes premiere, the first reactions to Megalopolis have come in, and they're not overly glowing. The movie has a 48% positive score on Rotten Tomatoes, which classifies it as "Rotten" by the site's metrics. Some see the ambition of the project and are able to overlook any flaws, while others don't seem to see anything but.
Francis Ford Coppola movies
One of the most legendary filmmakers in Hollywood history, Coppola has a resume like few others. Check out all of the directing credits that the Oscar-winning filmmaker has:
- The Bellboy and the Playgirls (1962)
- Dementia 13 (1963)
- You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
- Finian's Rainbow (1968)
- The Rain People (1969)
- The Godfather (1972)
- The Conversation (1974)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- One from the Heart (1981)
- The Outsiders (1983)
- Rumble Fish (1983)
- The Cotton Club (1984)
- Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
- Gardens of Stone (1987)
- Tucker: The Man and His Dreams (1988)
- New York Stories (1989)
- The Godfather Part III (1990)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
- Jack (1996)
- The Rainmaker (1997)
- Youth without Youth (2007)
- Tetro (2009)
- Twixt (2011)
- Distant Vision (2016)
