Francis Ford Coppola you already have your own Megapolis. The project, which he had been developing for over forty years, cost $120 million, most of which he had to pay himself. However, the director’s new film Godfather The film’s premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last May was not well received. Many reviews were particularly harsh and destroyed the expectations of the public who wanted to see the film. And its premiere is scheduled for late September.
The film has been rocked by a new scandal as it enters its final stages of promotion. Lionsgate, the company responsible for its distribution in the US, has released its final trailer Megapolis on Wednesday, August 21. It was an advance that left no one indifferent. And the article began with a few brief images, including quotes from old negative reviews of Godfather, Apocalypse Now or Dracula, Bram Stokerthree greatest masterpieces Coppola.
This decision to mock real critics to show that these films have stood the test of time while their first impressions have not has prompted countless reactions on social media. But things took a new turn just hours after the film’s trailer premiered. Megapolis. And several American media outlets confirmed that this criticism was false. The company made up these phrases, turning to real professionals and the media, to defend the new film. The only version that turned out to be true was the one that says: “A triumph of style over substance.” Attributed to Roger Ebert O Draculaactually doesn’t even apply to this tape. The reviewer wrote about it Batman (1889), from Tim Burton.
After the farce was revealed, Lionsgate was asked to explain this bizarre and unfair advertising campaign. For this reason, the company had no choice but to remove the trailer from the Internet. It is currently no longer visible on any of the official pages. In addition, they issued an apology statement, regretting their mistake. “Lionsgate is immediately removing the trailer from Megapolis“, a distributor representative said in a statement to Diversity“We offer our most sincere apologies to the critics involved, Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope for this unforgivable error in our research process. We screwed up. We are so sorry,” he adds.
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This scandal is not even the first to affect the film. Over the course of several months, several women who worked on the film have claimed that Francis Ford Coppola He behaved towards them in an abusive and unforgivable manner. Members of the film crew claimed that in some scenes the director forced women to sit on his lap. He also kissed female extras without consent. There were even videos of the director doing such things.
The defense claims that “it was their way of helping to inspire and create an atmosphere,” referring to celebratory scenes or scenes of a more elevated sexual nature. However, the truth is that this attitude was not liked either. And the image Megapolis Apparently, all of this has had an effect on him. In just a month, the public will make its decision. The film opens in theaters on September 27.
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