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Forty years and $120m later: Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis to debut at Cannes
Godfather director’s self-financed passion project, starring Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza and Dustin Hoffman, will show at the film festival in May
Starring Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, Jon Voight, Shia LaBeouf, Laurence Fishburne and Dustin Hoffman, as well as Coppola’s sister Talia Shire and his nephew Jason Schwartzman, the film will finally premiere in a gala slot at Cannes on 17 May, Variety reports. Early last year, the Hollywood Reporter wrote of an anonymous source who said the Megalopolis set was “absolute madness” due to a high staff turnover, an escalating budget and visual effects issues. Already locked in to debut outside of competition include George Miller’s Mad Max prequel Furiosa, as well as opening night feature The Second Act, starring Léa Seydoux and Vincent London as actors in an absurdist meta-comedy directed by popular French film-maker Quentin Dupieux.
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