Megalopolis 2024 [portable] -

: The film breaks the "fourth wall" in select screenings by having a live performer interact with the screen.

In the pantheon of cinema, few names command as much reverence as Francis Ford Coppola. The director behind The Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now , and The Conversation defined the golden age of New Hollywood. Yet, for the last few decades, the maestro has been relatively quiet, occupied with smaller projects and the curation of his wine empire. That silence ends now. With the release of , Coppola returns to the spotlight not with a nostalgic victory lap, but with a defiant, audacious swing for the fences that is already being hailed as one of the most polarizing and ambitious films in cinema history. Megalopolis 2024

The film draws heavily from the Catilinarian conspiracy of 63 BCE, with characters named after historical figures like Cicero and Caesar to mirror the decline of empires. Cast and Creative Team : The film breaks the "fourth wall" in

To understand the magnitude of , one must understand its history. Coppola first conceived the idea in the late 1970s, following the colossal production nightmares of Apocalypse Now . He envisioned a modern retelling of the Roman Empire, set in a futuristic version of New York City. The script, often described as his "Great Last Work," circulated in Hollywood for years as a mythical object—something too big, too weird, and too expensive to ever be made. Yet, for the last few decades, the maestro

Coppola assembled a star-studded ensemble to bring his idiosyncratic world to life: as Cesar Catilina. Giancarlo Esposito as Mayor Franklyn Cicero. Nathalie Emmanuel as Julia Cicero.