Francis Ford Coppola has released the first teaser trailer to his epic, self-funded passion project 'Megalopolis.' The film, which will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17, is a Roman epic set in an imagined modern America. Led by Adam Driver, the film's sprawling cast also includes Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Jason Schwartzman, Laurence Fishburne and Dustin Hoffman among others.
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00:00We are taking our city back.
00:05Francis Ford Coppola has released the first teaser trailer to his epic, self-funded passion
00:10project Megalopolis.
00:12The film, which will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17, is a Roman epic set
00:16in a reimagined modern America.
00:19Led by Adam Driver, the film's sprawling cast also includes Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf,
00:23Jon Voight, Jason Schwartzman, Laurence Fishburne, and Dustin Hoffman, among others.
00:36The teaser footage shows us more of the scale and ambition of the project, which Coppola
00:40first began writing in 1983.
00:43The film reportedly cost $120 million to make, which was funded in part by the sale of a
00:48significant portion of the director's wine empire.
00:51Coppola hosted a screening of the project at the end of March for potential buyers attended
00:55by studio execs from Universal, Netflix, and Sony.
00:59However, the film is still seeking distribution, as several of the screening's attendees told
01:03The Hollywood Reporter that Megalopolis will face an uphill battle.
01:07One distributor said,
01:08There is just no way to position this movie, while another noted that while everyone is
01:12rooting for the director, there is the business side of things.
01:20To see the full teaser trailer, head to THR.com.
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