Get the latest gossip
‘Megalopolis’ Making-Of Doc ‘Megadoc’ Lands at Utopia One Year After Francis Ford Coppola’s Self-Funded Epic Sent Cannes Into a Frenzy (EXCLUSIVE)
A year after Francis Ford Coppola sent Cannes into a meltdown with his polarizing epic "Megalopolis," a making-of doc has been acquired for the U.S.
Almost a year to the day that Francis Ford Coppola sent Cannes into a meltdown with his self-funded and hugely polarizing epic “ Megalopolis,” details of a secret fly-on-the-wall making-of doc have emerged alongside a U.S. distributor. Variety can reveal that Utopia has acquired North American rights for “Megadoc,” an in-depth feature documentary by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mike Figgis(“Leaving Las Vegas”) that goes behind-the-scenes into the making of Coppola’s long-awaited, deeply personal, widely-derided and controversy-mired magnum opus. “Eleanor Coppola’s iconic feature documentary, ‘Hearts of Darkness,’ gave audiences an incredible look and access to the making of ‘Apocalypse Now’; a film that, in time, became highly regarded as one of the finest cinematic experiences of the era and beyond.,” said Robert Schwartzman of Utopia.
Or read this on Variety
