Francis Ford Coppola doesn't want people to see 'Megalopolis' at home
Francis Ford Coppola spent decades developing his dream idea of adapting the Catilinarian conspiracy of 63 BC Rome to a futuristic, dystopian New York City, until he had the script in just the right shape . . . for absolutely no studio to be willing to take the risk of producing it. The writer-director of The Godfather films, a five-time Academy Award winner, and everyone was like, "Sorry, Francis, this is an offer we can and must refuse." So Coppola spent $120 million of his own money and Megalopolis was released in theaters last year . . . if only people had gone to see it. As everyone but . . .