Megalopolis Star Teases “Undefinable” Francis Ford Coppola Movie

Megalopolis, the latest (and possibly most ambitious) new film from Francis Ford Coppola, is on the horizon. Even though Megalopolis doesn’t have a trailer or a confirmed release date, movie fans have been fascinated by what it could potentially have in store. Adam Driver, who is among the massive ensemble cast of Megalopolis, recently told The Face that the end result of the film will be “really unique.”

“It’s kind of undefinable, which feels very general until you watch the movie,” Driver revealed. “Then my answer will be perfect. There’s not a lot of precedent for it and it’s wild on a big scale, which is what’s really unique about it.”

What Is Megalopolis About?

The plot of Megalopolis largely remains under wraps, but the film is reportedly set in an alternate reality version of New York City dubbed “New Rome.” In the film, the fate of Rome haunts a modern world unable to solve its own social problems in this epic story of political ambition, genius and conflicted love. The ensemble cast for Megalopolis includes Driver, Forest Whitaker, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Chloe Fineman, Kathryn Hunter, Giancarlo Esposito Dustin Hoffman, DB Sweeney, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Bailey Ives, Grace Vanderwaal, and James Remar.

“What would make me really happy? It’s not winning a lot of Oscars because I already have a lot and maybe more than I deserve,” Coppola said of his career in a 2022 interview. “And it’s not that I make a lot of money, although I think over time it will make a lot of money because anything that the people keep looking at and finding new things, that makes money. So somewhere down the line, way after I’m gone, all I want is for them to discuss [Megalopolis] and, is the society we’re living in the only one available to us? How can we make it better? Education, mental health? What the movie really is proposing is that utopia is not a place. It’s how can we make everything better? Every year, come up with two, three or four ideas that make it better.”

“I would be smiling in my grave if I thought something like that happened, because people talk about what movies really mean if you give them something,” Coppola continued. “If you encouraged people to discuss marriage and education and health and justice and opportunities and freedom and all these wonderful things that human beings have conceived of. And ask the question, how can we make it even better? That would be great. Because I bet you they would make it better if they had that conversation.”

When Will Megalopolis Be Released?

While an exact release date has yet to be announced, Coppola confirmed during a recent appearance on the Accutron podcast that the film is aiming for a 2024 release date.

“It’s only going to be a few months and it’ll be out,” Coppola revealed. “All I can say is I love the actors in it. It’s unusual, and it’s never boring. Other than that, wait and see.”

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