Francis Ford Coppola returns with his sci-fi epic Megacity On September 23, I went to the New York Film Festival for an advance screening.
Imax will broadcast the Q&A with Coppola live in 66 big-screen theaters across the United States, ahead of a special event at New York’s AMC Lincoln Square Theater. Megacity It opens on September 27, after premiering at film festivals in Cannes and Toronto.
Lionsgate Chairman Adam Ferguson said in a statement: “It was a complete honor to work with the legendary Francis Coppola, and we are honored to have his groundbreaking film participate in the 62nd New York Film Festival.
marketing Megacity The sci-fi flick isn’t without its drama, as Lionsgate pulled the sci-fi film’s first trailer on August 21, just one day after a quote from a critic included in the trailer was revealed to be fake . Megacity A new trailer (below) was released alongside the Imax announcement on Thursday. The new preview version doesn’t have any reviewer citations.
Decades in the making, Coppola poured some of his personal fortune into the $120 million project, which stars Adam Driver as a man obsessed with creating a utopian city. The cast includes Natalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza and Giancarlo Esposito.
For Imax, its scale and ambition Megacity The epic will be shown on the big screen in which Madison Square Garden is transformed into the Coliseum, hosting gladiatorial contests and chariot races.
Lionsgate is a studio with longstanding ties to Coppola and his American Zeotrope banner, having previously released a number of home entertainment projects, including apocalypse now final cut, dialogue, cotton Encore Club, Tucker: This guy and his Dream and A song from the heart: reenact.
New York Film Festival artistic director Dennis Lam will host a pre-screening conversation with Coppola.
