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Francis Ford Coppola’s Cannes Contender ‘Megalopolis’ Inks Another Raft Of International Distribution Deals


Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ Sells Worldwide As Cannes Palme d’Or Contender Posts Fresh Round Of Deals

EXCLUSIVE: Francis Ford Coppola ‘s $120 million passion project Megalopolis has closed a fresh raft of deals following its buzzy world premiere in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival last week. Written, produced, and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Megalopolis stars Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D.B. As per the official logline: “The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina (Driver), a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Esposito), who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare.

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