Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis’ road to the big screen has been a bumpy one to say the least, and one has to wonder how many more scandals can befall it before its planned September 27 release date in the United States. The latest drama comes from a bunch of fabricated critic quotes plastered all over the new trailer that Lionsgate has put together.
Following a less-than-ideal reception (only 53% of critics on RT gave it a thumbs up) at the Cannes Film Festival 2024, some crew members claimed that Coppola’s on-set behavior was unprofessional to say the least. These two snafus alone indicated the self-financed $120 million behemoth, which stars Adam Driver and many other big-name actors, could be facing a lot of trouble when it finally opens (it also struggled to find distribution), but Lionsgate’s mistake while kickstarting the US promotion of the movie is lowering its chances of making any significant amount of money.
On Wednesday morning, Lionsgate uploaded a new trailer that gave those cinephiles still hopeful (or just morbidly curious) plenty to chew on. Sadly, it also included a bunch of head-scratching critic quotes that highlighted how many of his ‘classics’ were once blasted as well. That alone is a dangerous game to play following a divisive reception, but we’ll admit it’s an eye-catching one that could generate some buzz. The problem is that most (if not all) of those quotes aren’t real or have been misplaced.
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