FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA: NO TRUTH TO APOCALYPSE ON ‘MEGALOPOLIS’
January 10, 2023
[deadline.com]
A new article on deadline.com states that rumors have been circulating that Francis Ford Coppola’s long-planned film “Megalopolis” has been halted due to financial difficulties. The film, which has been in development for over 20 years, is an epic about the rebuilding of New York City after a catastrophic event. However, Coppola denies these rumors and states that there is “no truth” to them. He further clarifies that the film is still in development and that he is still working on it. The article also notes that Coppola has been fundraising for the project and has said in previous interviews that the film will be a “personal and independent” endeavor, rather than a big-budget Hollywood production.
“The iconic filmmaker disputed a trade report that conflated turnover in the visual effects and art departments to paint a picture of a runaway train, using words like “peril,” “ballooning budget,” “crew exodus” and “chaos.”
Coppola acknowledged there has been some turnover, but he believes the high drama has been reserved for what he sees each day in dailies. He has seen budgets balloon on some of his past films, and he once famously replaced Harvey Keitel with Martin Sheen weeks into the production of Apocalypse Now. None of what is happening on Megalopolis meets that category. The elimination of the VFX department during production is something he engineered to keep the film on budget — Coppola is using experimental technology in filming, and decided it was more efficient to service most of those effects in postproduction. The art department left over creative differences involving personnel.”
By Mike Fleming Jr
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