Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/592831-megalopolis
UPDATE: Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis trailer withdrawn over fake quotes
Lionsgate has withdrawn its trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s self-funded epic Megalopolis after it was criticised for including false and misleading quotes, saying: “We screwed up.”
The video, released on Wednesday, starts by going back in time to show negative quotes from established critics for acclaimed films from Coppola’s past such as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. “Genius is often misunderstood,” says the accompanying narration.
Vulture’s Bilge Ebiri pointed out that many of the quotes were manufactured and could not be found in the original reviews.
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“Lionsgate is immediately recalling our trailer for ‘Megalopolis’” a spokesperson for the company said in a statement to Variety. “We offer our sincere apologies to the critics involved and to Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope for this inexcusable error in our vetting process. We screwed up. We are sorry.”
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/15656243 https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/21/francis-ford-coppola-megalopolis-trailer-fake-quotes-critics
Trotting out a bunch of nay-saying critics was already of fairly questionable taste to begin with. Having them be made up is just plain hilarious.
Also, the narration was pretty odd. I wonder if this was even intended to be released at all.