EXCLUSIVE: Sony is in development on sci-fi movie Omega, which Mortal Kombat filmmaker Simon McQuoid is attached to direct.
12.05.2022 - 20:33 / deadline.com
More than 20 years in the making, Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis has set its star cast. Adam Driver, Forest Whitaker, Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones and Fast X), Jon Voight and Laurence Fishburne have been set for the main roles. Fishburne began his career with Coppola at the tender age of 14 in Apocalypse Now. Legend has it he was of legal age when the film got released.
Coppola is directing the independently-financed film from his own script. Here’s how he is describing the contemporary drama: The fate of Rome haunts a modern world unable to solve its own social problems in this epic story of political ambition, genius, and conflicting interests. The budget will be just under $100 million, and production begins this fall. Distribution rights are being brokered by attorney Barry Hirsch.
Deadline has written often about Coppola’s final dream project, a struggle to create a utopia after an accident leaves a New York-like city in need of a rebuild. Coppola has won five Oscars for his work, and he believes that the films of his that stand up best over time, are the ones that seemed riskiest when he made them. This one he puts closest to Apocalypse Now, a film many believed would ruin him as he was making it. Coppola wound up owning it because nobody else would give him the money, and it has poured off a fortune over the years. The 83-year old filmmaker and wine entrepreneur has lofty aspirations for Megalopolis, but his goal is not profits or accolades, but rather something he can leave behind for future generations that reflect his optimism for the potential mankind has, even as social media, polarized politics and many other things have some fearing a kind of fall of the Roman Empire. He sold a piece of his wine
EXCLUSIVE: Sony is in development on sci-fi movie Omega, which Mortal Kombat filmmaker Simon McQuoid is attached to direct.
Dimitar Berbatov has urged Manchester United remain patient with Erik ten Hag ahead of his first season at Old Trafford, but believes winning a trophy in his first campaign provide a springboard for further success.
Midnight Cowboy actor continued. “These beings had been bullied, and they take out their disturbances, their grief, their horror on innocent souls.
outspoken Donald Trump supporter, has diverged from Republican leadership in advocating for background checks for gun ownership, calling for background checks and saying, “We must identify every individual for their credentials, for their mental capacity to bear arms.” In a video titled “My soul cries for all lost” posted to his Facebook page Saturday, Voight — who was filmed in front of a backdrop of the US flag — called for action, saying that “we must do something about these horrors that are taken out on innocent beings.”“It’s not about left, right, guns, no guns,” he began. “This is about brains that are dysfunctioning.
Jon Voight wants to make it more difficult for people with mental illnesses in the U.S. to acquire guns.
Carson Burton Actor Jon Voight, a vocal supporter of former president Donald J. Trump and the Republican party, has released a statement calling for stricter gun control laws in the United States.“There should be proper qualifications for gun ownership,” Voight said in a video released through his official Facebook page. “Proper testing.
We're kicking off this week's gig round-up with some exciting news! Ahead of Neighbourhood Weekender 2022, the festival organiser has announced that its Neighbourhood Festival is coming back to Manchester this October.
Gogglebox star Adam Densten has welcomed his first baby with his wife, Rachel.WATCH BELOW: Adam Densten celebrates after proposing to girlfriendSpeaking to Woman's Day, the podcast host and TV star revealed their baby - a little girl they named Celia Kate - had arrived safely four weeks early, on May 2nd."Denstens are known for being a punctual bunch, so she's clearly taking after me in that sense," he joked.Rachel confirmed that existing in the newborn bubble has been "really nice", with Adam adding that the newness of parenthood has been "very stressful, too."The couple announced their pregnancy in December last year.The happy couple, who tied the knot just over a year ago in April 2021, announced their pregnancy at the very end of last year by sharing a number of pictures to Instagram, including a sonogram image.“We are either ambassadors for a super fund or we’re announcing that we’re pregnant,” Adam wrote.“The second photo might be a giveaway though … Densten Jr.
“Forrest Gump” made a surprise appearance on Tuesday at Paddington Station in London.A mystery man who looked eerily similar to the character was seen gazing at Queen Elizabeth during her visit to the new Elizabeth train line named in her honor for the Platinum Jubilee. Valentine Low, the royal correspondent for The Times of London, posted a pic of the day, showing the 96-year-old monarch sporting a bright lemon-colored coat and matching hat.
K.J. Yossman David Harewood’s upcoming boxing feature “Benn/Eubank” has found its fighters.David Jonsson (“Industry”) will play British boxing legend Chris Eubank while Joshua Maynard (“That Dirty Black Bag”) is set to star as his longtime rival Nigel Benn.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTV series adaptations of “Fearless” and “Cold War,” two of the highest-profile Hong Kong action movies of the 21st century, are now in development.The shift into TV represents a major expansion and diversification for Edko Films, the studio headed by legendary producer-financier-executive Bill Kong (“Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon,” “Monster Hunt,” “Mulan”).The original 2006 “Fearless” was an iconic portrait of martial arts ace Huo Yianjia that was directed by Ronny Tong and starred Jet Li. It received studio-level distribution in many territories through Buena Vista, UIP and Sony Pictures Releasing.“Cold War” is a 2012 crime action film involving a mole inside the Hong Kong police.
Manori Ravindran International EditorForest Whitaker has shed some new plot details about Francis Ford Coppola’s mystery project “Megalopolis,” which is set to start shooting in August.The actor-producer, who is in Cannes to receive the festival’s honorary Palme d’Or, suggested he had a substantial role in the new movie, and spoke favorably of Coppola’s script, which is a long-gestating passion project that’s been in the works for 20 years. Coppola invested more than $100 million of his own resources to make the film, which is his first film since 2011’s “Twixt.”“The cast is coming together,” said Whittaker, who praised Coppola as an “amazing filmmaker” that he was excited to work with.
Ex-Emmerdale actor Adam Thomas is thought to be the first celebrity to sign up for this year’s Strictly Come Dancing, according to reports.The actor, 33, is reportedly set to appear on the 20th series of the BBC’s hit dance show when it returns this autumn. Adam, who is the brother of Coronation Street actor Ryan Thomas, previously played Adam Barton on Emmerdale before he left the soap in January 2018. Now, a source claims that Adam is already practising his moves in preparation for appearing on the Strictly dance floor, which will begin towards the end of 2022, For the latest updates on your favourite celebs, sign up to OK!'s daily celebrity newsletter.
Megalopolis, featuring Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne and Jon Voight.Coppola, whose last film was 2011 horror Twixt, is self-funding the film with a budget at just under $100million. He’ll both write and direct the project.A synopsis reads: “The fate of Rome haunts a modern world unable to solve its own social problems in this epic story of political ambition, genius and conflicted love.”Coppola previously discussed financing the project with The Hollywood Reporter, saying: “There’s a certain way everyone thinks a film should be, and it rubs against the grain if you have another idea.
Francis Ford has long discussed directing one last epic film to add to a cinematic legacy that includes “Apocalypse Now” and the “Godfather” trilogy, and his long-in-gestation passion project “Megalopolis” is now taking shape.
With a reported $100 million budget independently financed by Coppola after he sold off a portion of his wine company, “Megalopolis” has been described by the five-time Oscar-winning filmmaker as an argument for optimism in the face of overwhelming societal challenges with an “epic story of political ambition, genius, and conflicting interests.” Attorney Barry Hirsch will handle sales for the film on Coppola’s behalf. Driver, who was last seen in Ridley Scott’s “The Last Duel” and “House of Gucci,” is set to star next year in “65,” a mysterious sci-fi film from “A Quiet Place” co-writers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods.
Given that Francis Ford Coppola‘s independently-financed $100 million-plus budgeted passion project film “Megalopolis,” is one he’s been talking about for over two decades at least—a project he once abandoned and only recently came back to —when news arrived that Oscar Isaac had ultimately passed on the lead role, it made lots of cinephiles dying to see the project very nervous. Well, chalk that set back up to a blip as the director of “The Godfather” trilogy and “Apocalypse Now” has not only found a new leading man, but a whole new supporting cast as well.