‘Megalopolis’ Making-Of Doc ‘Megadoc’ Lands at Utopia One Year After Francis Ford Coppola’s Self-Funded Epic Sent Cannes Into a Frenzy

Utopia Acquires ‘Megadoc’ On Making Of Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’

Utopia has acquired North American rights to Megadoc, a new documentary on the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s epic Megalopolis, which premiered a year ago at Cannes before going on to a nationwide theatrical release via Lionsgate. The doc, from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas), will be released in theaters this fall. The […]

Francis Ford Coppola Is Keeping His ‘Megalopolis’ Doc All in the Family

Utopia, which was founded and run by Coppola's nephew Robert Schwartzman, will distribute the Mike Figgis-directed making-of documentary, "Megadoc."

‘Megalopolis’ Making-Of Doc ‘Megadoc’ Lands at Utopia One Year After Francis Ford Coppola’s Self-Funded Epic Sent Cannes Into a Frenzy

A year after Francis Ford Coppola sent Cannes into a meltdown with his polarizing epic "Megalopolis," a making-of doc has been acquired for the U.S.

Megadoc | Making of documentary to go behind-the-scenes of Megalopolis

Documentarian Mike Figgis was offered total access to Francis Ford Coppola’s set and archive for a Megalopolis doc. The results could be interesting. Oscar-winning documentary maker Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) has made “a secret fly-on-the-wall making-of doc” about Francis Ford Coppola’s infamous passion project, Megalopolis, Variety reports. The film certainly sounds like it’s earned the interest. Over what we’ll euphemistically describe as…

Mike Figgis’ Documentary on the Making of Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis Will Arrive This Fall

It’s been one year since Francis Ford Coppola unfurled his epic passion project Megalopolis at the Cannes Film Festival, followed by a fall theatrical release in which most press seemed to care more about its box office than artistic merit (it netted about 12% of its $120 million budget). The director has no plans to make that revenue up through a home-video or streaming release, as he’ll stick solely with theatrical bookings for the foreseeable…