This week, a trailer for the upcoming “Megalopolis” documentary, “Megadoc,” has made its way online, which explores the making of the recent ambitious feature film effort from living legend filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.
Sadly, both critics and audiences weren’t exactly thrilled by “Megalopolis,” but how the movie came together and was made is certainly going to be a curiosity to fans of Coppola, or anyone interested in getting a sneak peek at how this wild project was shot.
An official logline for the documentary, courtesy of Utopia:
A raw, fly-on-the-wall documentary about Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-long journey in creating his self-financed passion project, MEGALOPOLIS. The bold and unrelenting epic returns in Mike Figgis’ portrait of Coppola’s creative process – weaving together archival material, unfiltered cast interviews, and a close-up view of how the legendary filmmaker drew from Roman history, political allegory, and his own singular vision to shape the world of Megalopolis. This isn’t a record of a production on the brink; it’s a personal memoir unfolding in real time.
“Megadoc ” is directed by Mike Figgis and produced by Tara Li-An and James Mockoski. The doc also features appearances from Coppola, Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Nathalie Emmanuel, Dustin Hoffman, Giancarlo Esposito, Chloe Fineman, Shia LaBeouf, Laurence Fishburne, Jon Voight, Talia Shire, Robert De Niro, and more.
The documentary covers the Coppola fantasy epic that was released by Lionsgate back in 2024, which was infamously a disaster at the box office, only earning $14.3 million on a budget reportedly over $120 million, which Coppola secured financing himself to keep his vision intact after traditional studios weren’t willing to fit the bill.
There were also some controversies when there were allegations of misconduct on the part of Coppola during the filming, as there were claims he was kissing and getting handsy with female actors, leading the director to sue Variety for covering the story.
You can watch that new trailer for “Megadoc” below; it’ll be heading to theaters in limited release on September 19 after debuting at the Venice Film Festival.
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