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Francis Ford Coppola's New Movie Wraps After On-Set Controversy Reports
A Megalopolis set photo announces that Francis Ford Coppola's new movie has wrapped filming. The legendary filmmaker behind The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now hasn't made a movie since 2011's lesser-known Twixt, though that is set to change with Megalopolis. The self-financed $100 million epic features a star-studded cast led by Adam Driver and follows an architect who, following a devastating disaster, wants to rebuild New York City as a utopia. Filming began last fall, and multiple Megalopolis set photos have revealed a look at the unique and ambitious project during production.
The set photo, which was shared by a newly-launched Instagram account for the film, shows the movie's appropriately mega-sized clapboard on a city street filled with a parade of bagpipe players.
Megalopolis' Filming Wrap Ends A Troubled Production
Megalopolis' official filming wrap will put an end to what has reportedly been a troubled production, which isn't at all uncommon for Coppola's films. Earlier this year, a report detailed an "unstable filming environment" on the Megalopolis set. which led to a mass exodus of talent including its production designer, art director, and entire visual effects team. Driver and Coppola responded to the negative report acknowledging that, while there was some turnover in crew for cost-cutting purposes, everything was moving along smoothly on schedule and on budget. Driver even called Megalopolis "one of the best shooting experiences" of his career.
During the production of Megalopolis, Coppola experimented with virtual set technology popularized by The Mandalorian before pivoting to a more traditional greenscreen approach, which reportedly ballooned the budget to over $120 million, much of this coming out of the director's own pocket. However, this has been disputed by reports claiming the budget is closer to $100 million as initially planned. A troubled production process is simply par for the course on Coppola's films, but in the end, the result is usually extraordinary.
