And you know what?
Good for you, Mr. Coppola.
If you know nothing about it, thats the perfect headspace to be in.
Adam Driver in Megalopolis.Screenshot: American Zoetrope
Well talk more after.
Thats not what you were expecting right?
It looks like a total trip: ancient Rome set in a futuristic New York City.
So whats the story?
Its there on the fringes of the trailer if you know it.
The official logline reads as follows:
Megalopolis is a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Modern America.
But aEuropean distributoris on board ahead of its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this month.
From there, maybe a U.S. distributor will get behind it.
Until now, theres no set release plan.
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